Author Archives: postrockcafe

Various Artists ~ Touch: Displacing

12 months, 12 tracks, 3 hours and 42 minutes of sound: this is Touch: Displacing, the subscription series that followed Touch: Isolation and is now offered as a complete set.  The focus is on extended tracks; only one is less than ten

Various Artists ~ Touch: Displacing

12 months, 12 tracks, 3 hours and 42 minutes of sound: this is Touch: Displacing, the subscription series that followed Touch: Isolation and is now offered as a complete set.  The focus is on extended tracks; only one is less than ten

Aperus ~ Weather Anomalies

Last year at this time, we reviewed Aperus‘ Archaic Signal, an album informed by petroglyphs and the lost civilizations of New Mexico.  Weather Anomalies is a worthy follow-up, offered with similarly generous packaging; a car’s rusted hood graces the cover, while the packet

Aperus ~ Weather Anomalies

Last year at this time, we reviewed Aperus‘ Archaic Signal, an album informed by petroglyphs and the lost civilizations of New Mexico.  Weather Anomalies is a worthy follow-up, offered with similarly generous packaging; a car’s rusted hood graces the cover, while the packet

Jónsi ~ Obsidian

Obsidian may have been a surprise release, but it was long in the making, as evidenced by the intricacy of the music.  This sumptuous album is thick in texture and stereo effects, a reflection of the concurrent exhibition at New York’s

Jónsi ~ Obsidian

Obsidian may have been a surprise release, but it was long in the making, as evidenced by the intricacy of the music.  This sumptuous album is thick in texture and stereo effects, a reflection of the concurrent exhibition at New York’s

Resina ~ Speechless

How does one speak without words?  Resina answers the question by using voice as instrument and texture, percussion and emotion, howl and hum ~ expressing a massive inner galaxy, worlds upon worlds, all without a single word.  Stripped to basic inflection,

Resina ~ Speechless

How does one speak without words?  Resina answers the question by using voice as instrument and texture, percussion and emotion, howl and hum ~ expressing a massive inner galaxy, worlds upon worlds, all without a single word.  Stripped to basic inflection,

Christopher Chaplin ~ Patriarchs

The Bible has inspired some astonishing works of art, along with a plethora of maudlin works.  The material is so dense and rich that it deserves a powerful sonic treatment.  Christopher Chaplin has delved into this treasure chest before, adapting Milton’s Paradise

Christopher Chaplin ~ Patriarchs

The Bible has inspired some astonishing works of art, along with a plethora of maudlin works.  The material is so dense and rich that it deserves a powerful sonic treatment.  Christopher Chaplin has delved into this treasure chest before, adapting Milton’s Paradise

Sergio Armaroli & Alessandro Camnasio ~ Mahler (in/a) Cage | Casetta di Composizione

What did Gustav Mahler hear as he composed The Song of the Earth?  This inviting question is answered by Sergio Armaroli and Alessandro Camnasio on Mahler (in/a) Cage | Casetta di Composizione, whose title refers not to putting the composer in a cage,

Sergio Armaroli & Alessandro Camnasio ~ Mahler (in/a) Cage | Casetta di Composizione

What did Gustav Mahler hear as he composed The Song of the Earth?  This inviting question is answered by Sergio Armaroli and Alessandro Camnasio on Mahler (in/a) Cage | Casetta di Composizione, whose title refers not to putting the composer in a cage,

Jessica Moss ~ Phosphenes

Jessica Moss‘ violin has been gracing post-rock and modern composition for so long that we forget she is still capable of surprise.  Phosphenes is a brand new beast, born in isolation, that plunges into the dark in order to sing of

Jessica Moss ~ Phosphenes

Jessica Moss‘ violin has been gracing post-rock and modern composition for so long that we forget she is still capable of surprise.  Phosphenes is a brand new beast, born in isolation, that plunges into the dark in order to sing of

Seaworthy & Matt Rösner ~ Snowmelt

At first take, the album seems perfectly primed for release in the Southern Hemisphere, whose winter has ended as other winters have just begun.  But while Snowmelt is the sonic theme of this thoughtful new Australian album, the spiritual theme is climate

Seaworthy & Matt Rösner ~ Snowmelt

At first take, the album seems perfectly primed for release in the Southern Hemisphere, whose winter has ended as other winters have just begun.  But while Snowmelt is the sonic theme of this thoughtful new Australian album, the spiritual theme is climate