3:07 is an immersive experience encapsulating post-rock and ambient electronica channeling the likes of Múm, Sparklehorse and Brian Eno in the process. An album I could listen to every day. – By Chad Murray.

Shock Opera succeeds as a head scratcher but, more importantly showcases an incredibly talented artist with an astonishing versatility. By Chad Murray.

“Gnod are seemingly the perfect band for our time, capturing the zeitgest and taking no prisoners, that is how it’s fucking done.” – Chad Murray gets a hard reboot from Gnod in Liverpool.

Granfalloons is a masterfully cohesive listen not for the faint of heart; immerse yourself in chaos and find wabi-sabi in the soothing ferocity of an album straddling shoegaze, electronica and psychedelia as one unifying tone for the present day. Granfalloons will blow your fucking mind. By Chad Murray

Following on from his review of Chime Hours, Chad Murray employed his technological mastery of e-mail to quiz Memotone on composing, producing and the necessity of musical expression.

Chad Murray asked Julien Pras and Mathieu “Matgaz” Gazeau from Mars Red Sky some questions about the ineffability of music, the character of psychedelia and the nature of Mars Red Sky.

Downlord is a strange and unique creature. I don’t exactly know what it is but, whatever it is it’s fucking good. By Chad Murray.

A fascinating and diverse album that traverses unexpected terrain and shows skill in a wide variety of styles. – By Chad Murray

Its melody lies beneath a silkscreen of shadows and haunting tones but, at its core its almost up-lifting By Chad Murray.

So, you’re sixteen you’re weighed down by exam pressures, a baffling social labyrinth and the knowledge that the next year or so will pretty much determine your entire life, what do you do? You make a post-rock album, of course! – By Chad Murray

What a strange beast this is; A fluorescent iridescent beast of psychedelic euphony and cataclysmic ineffable brilliance. By Chad Murray

There are some absolutely excellent songs on this album and I foresee Jake Dryzal is gonna do some great stuff as Blue Navy. By Chad Murray

Overall, this EP to me is a welcome trip through nostalgia channelling the likes of Black Sabbath, Fleetwood Mac and Sam Gopal to create an enjoyable work, played extremely well. Sometimes inspiration is worth more than innovation and here, it is patently clear. – By Chad Murray

What’s equally impressive about it is how yet, again it lures the listener into a false sense of security before exploding back into ferocious version of its opening riff. The band shreds it out and into pieces as it builds to a satisfying climax. – By Chad Murray

This is Yuck’s greatest album to date and considering how good their début was, this is simply mesmerising. By Chad Murray

Simply, a highly enjoyable and introspective listen traversing ambience, post-rock and doom through a cavernous realm of droned guitars, militant drums and pads that glow with the warmth of a fire’s last embers. By Chad Murray

Modular Glitchtar Soundscapes Vol.1 is a really impressive experiment by ƘɸƴԼ and I was fascinated by not only the sound of Koyl’s music but, the method by which he created it. By Chad Murray

The last time I heard a new shoegaze or “nugaze” if you will (I won’t) release I enjoyed this much it was the debut of The Pains of Being Pure At Heart and weirdly enough LSD and The Search For God actually released their first EP around the same time but, have gestated this release for a number of years in a Kevin Shields-esque deep sleep stasis before awakening like a phoenix shining bright like a forehead into the heavens. By Chad Murray

There’s a lot of intrigue in this EP and a lot of potential, The band could unleash an overwhelmingly brilliant album sometime soon and it’d be a big win for British rock music which has been sorely lacking in recent years. By Chad Murray

On the whole this is a great compilation with a consistent sound and some really promising tracks. I hope all of the bands continue to play and develop and find new success going forward. By Chad Murray

Holy, Hell, this is fucking funky! The lo-fi is long gone from the band it seems, the jangles and the exquisitely layered vocals remain but, where is the broken spirit? Where is the anguish? Don’t worry, it’s definitely in there, it’s just brilliantly disguised in a sea of claps, funky guitar and brass. By Chad Murray