Musings from the MEANS editor…
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Thee Alcoholics: Feedback
Born from out of a solo lockdown project, Thee Alcoholics are now a fully-fledged psych rock band, one charged to storm the city streets, ready to rally against the system. Formed by ex-Hey Colossus… Read more
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Nitemirror : Horns to the future
A glorious slice of instrumental bedroom lo-fi, ‘Horns to the future’ melds minimal synthesised percussion with obnoxious D.I. guitar, scratchy distortion baked in. Refreshingly absent are the super-production techniques of the last decade –… Read more
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WHΛLTHISИEY : Chain fraction
Described as being “like Harold Budd and Oval playing in the same room,” WHΛLTHISИEY is the haunted ambient project of Fernando Cerqueira. Residing in Lisbon, Cerqueira is the co-founder of the Portuguese Thisco label… Read more
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Kylie Monologue : Cortisol
15 points awarded for the name alone, Kylie Monologue ride high on the metaphorical (analogical? I never know) wave of musical awesomeness with this catchy gem that kicks off the first of MEANS’ very… Read more
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Loopatronica : Demo’s / Pollinator and Friends
“I confess” as Dave Wakeling sang, I know very little about Pollinators, but I do consider myself as a low-level Twitcher, nothing to serious but I reckon I can identify a few species from… Read more
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Phexioenesystems : Inland Autumn Deerhorn
I’m going to go out on a limb and call this ‘maths ambient’, a slumbersome palette of overtly friendly glitches, something akin to a CD player breaking down around the edges of a summer… Read more
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Fu_k The Zeitgeist : Electroantennogram
Fu_k The Zeitgeist’s contribution to MEANS volume 1 recently featured on the excellent “Space is the place” radio show, highlighting all involved as purveyors of wonderful taste. Electroantennogram offers a soft, subtle start with… Read more
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Specialist Subject : Class of 2023
Was I a little drunk when I decided to blow my minuscule income on a set of records from Specialist Subject? Probably. Had I recently decided to cut back on buying records so I… Read more
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The Peel : Mt. Lookout
Most of my favourite memories involve me walking around some regional folk festival in the rain, stumbling upon tents of flannel-clad musicians knocking out a tune on a random assortment of wooden instruments. I… Read more
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