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Turpentine Valley Return And Unveil Their First Single "List"
When the heaviness comes rolling in, it arrives as a slow implosion rather than an outburst. It's menacing and very Turpentine Valley! The tone is dense and oppressive and totally addictive. It’s within this push and pull, between tenderness and sheer mass, that List finds its power
Pat O Regan
Dec 202 min read


Between the Light and the Void: L.O.E Redefine Emotion on Chiaroscuro
Throughout this record, the narrated vocals are striking. They don’t tell the story so much as guide you through it. They hover between poem and testimony. Around them, the band builds dramatic contrasts using warm chords against sudden shadows, delicate ambient layers giving way to surges of guitars that feel like the emotional dam finally being released
Pat O Regan
Dec 83 min read


Still Giving Us Beauty: Ef’s Anniversary Resurrection
The entire album has been re-recorded and subtly re-imagined, carrying a gentle shimmer of modern-day EF while preserving the haunting nostalgia that made the original so beloved. It feels like opening a time capsule only to find the memories inside somehow clearer, brighter, and more fragile than you remembered.
Pat O Regan
Nov 192 min read


Coastlands Reset: A Powerful New Chapter
In the end, Coastlands stands as the band’s most transformative statement to date. If I’m completely honest, it took me the last four weeks to finally feel this album and understand where the band were going with it. Once it clicks with you, then you’ll see that it’s a deeply textural, and beautifully gazed reimagining of their identity, proving that reinvention can be both risky, but ultimately for the band, personally rewarding.
Pat O Regan
Nov 152 min read


In Situ: Dark, Delicate, and Distinctly Maudits
With their trademark French flair twisted by a dark, cinematic undercurrent, Maudits deliver another release that's refined yet delightfully unsettling.
Pat O Regan
Oct 283 min read


Exploring the Emotional Depths of We Lost The Sea's A Single Flower
Fast forward more than five years later and I believe the post-music world has finally been rewarded with the album it’s been a long-time yearning for. What is beautiful about A Single Flower is that rather than trying to surpass Departure Songs, it’s been written to compliment it. It’s that quieter, contemplative brother that speaks volumes in whispers, but who’s message is quietly devastating. For me, A Single Flower is already a masterpiece.
Pat O Regan
Oct 173 min read


Rising from the Ashes: Through A Glass, Darkly’s Monumental Wall of Sound
SPERAMVS MELIORA || RESVRGET CINERIBVS is heaviness with purpose. It’s vast, overwhelming, and emotionally harrowing at times. Drawing from the sprawling bleakness of Tunnel Blanket-era This Will Destroy You, Through A Glass Darkly shape their sound into something both punishing and transcendent
Pat O Regan
Oct 132 min read


Carved Into The Sun Perfects The Art Of Atmosphere With Silent Tower.
Across Silent Tower, Carved Into The Sun distills grief, beauty, and raw emotion into sound, reaffirming their rare talent for turning overwhelming feeling into music that lingers, resonates, and stays unforgettable.
Pat O Regan
Oct 43 min read


Vinyl Never Forgets: The Sound of Solace: Jakob’s Musical Sanctuary
Jakob’s Solace is many things, but to me its perfection. It's a towering example of how post-rock can be both completely immersive and devastatingly visceral. It’s a record that captures the vast emotional spectrum of the post- genre with rare precision. Released in 2006, it remains a benchmark for instrumental music and is an album that conjures up expansive sonic landscapes while never losing its human core.
Pat O Regan
Sep 302 min read


Plat de resistance - A Feast of Sound from 18 Seconds
Plat de resistance was born out of unrest and is a brooding reflection of a world teetering on the brink, where war is no longer an abstract backdrop but an altogether harrowing reality. With such a heavy theme, 18 Seconds tighten their grip on atmosphere and weight, weaving dense, ominous textures that echo the urgency of change and the defiance of resistance
Pat O Regan
Sep 273 min read


Les Dunes Bring Us Soundscapes From Etne to Infinity
From Etne to the Edge of Space is the title of the new album and in simple terms it’s a slow-burn odyssey through the cosmos, high on space and yet still remaining intimate, nostalgic and fresh
Pat O Regan
Sep 232 min read


VINYL NEVER FORGETS - Sundays Are For Looking Back
Reverie rewards repeat listens, each unveiling new details in its layered construction. It remains one of the standout European post-rock releases of its decade and beyond. It’s ambitious in scope, meticulous in execution, and emotionally resonant throughout
Pat O Regan
Sep 72 min read


On vinyl, Mountainscape's Iridescent hits like a seismic pulse
With Iridescent, Mountainscape have leveled up yet again. Iridescent is an album that balances scales and emotion, where atmosphere doesn’t soften the blows but makes them land harder. The band prove that instrumental metal just needs a vision, and in that respect, they’ve delivered it in spades
Pat O Regan
Sep 33 min read


we.own.the.sky Drop Their Cosmic New Single, Eclipse
I’m delighted to see Greek post rockers we.own.the.sky back in the game with a brand-new single. With Eclipse, the guys mark their return with a carefully sculpted piece of post-rock that feels both fresh and intense, and massively immersive!
Pat O Regan
Aug 272 min read


Vinyl Never Forgets - Sundays are for looking back
Musically, King Nine is a hauntingly sentimental record that unfolds like a slow-burning film. Every track is awash in brooding pianos, soft, swelling guitars, and delicate electronics that intertwine to create a sense of desolation and fragile beauty
Pat O Regan
Aug 232 min read


Vinyl Never Forgets - Sundays are for looking back
Astralia’s Solstice is an exercise in perfectly balancing patience with vast open atmospherics. It’s a record that draws its strength from the spaces it leaves unfilled as much as it does from the broad sound it crafts
Pat O Regan
Aug 162 min read


This isn’t just a new single, it’s a call for help from Last of Eden!
Last Of Eden (L.O.E) Single: Need Your Help With This Released: 13-08-2025 I know I always tend to wax lyrical about the beauty of...
Pat O Regan
Aug 132 min read


Epic, Captivating & Unforgettable: Zion Returns in Glorious Form
Burdened with Glorious Purpose is a bold and refreshing statement from a band that continues to grow organically into its own skin. Rather than cycling through predictable crescendos and post-rock cliches, these six tracks read as chapters in a beautifully written novel
Pat O Regan
Aug 93 min read


Vinyl Never Forgets – Fridays are for looking back
Aoria’s debut is an overlooked masterpiece. It’s powerful, passionate, and utterly immersive for fans of emotionally driven, slow-burning soundscapes. However, It’s a shame that the journey ended here
Pat O Regan
Aug 71 min read


The Color Of Cyan paint a new soundscape with their latest album "As Human"
As Human is a beautifully orchestrated collision of restraint and power, and it reimagines what post-rock can become when infused with a classical soul.
Pat O Regan
Aug 23 min read
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