Category: Album Reviews – Archive

June 23, 2014 / Album Reviews - Archive

Sanitary Apocalypse  (http://wyattmosswellington.com/) Ah, the joy of stimulation by the imagination of one who dares to ask “what if?”, amid so much hollow falsity and slavish imitation. Wyatt Moss-Wellington’s new opus consists of one 28-minute composition blending innocence and knowing, wit and wonder, charm and unabashed cleverness. His satirical narrative…

June 10, 2014 / Album Reviews - Archive

The Mango Balloon Volume 3 (Romero/Newmarket)  Comedies are shorter than dramas because they find our boredom threshold faster. Music is the same: jollity palls sooner than ripping out our hearts. Few operate in both camps, and fewer still effect a balance. Guitarist Julian Curwin is one. When he first started…

May 18, 2014 / Album Reviews - Archive

Life to Everything (Edition/Planet) The title comes from a wonderful Plato quote: “Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.” Phronesis has certainly been stimulating minds and imaginations since the Anglo-Danish band burst into life in 2005, and this…