New Rotation

New Rotation — August 28

A quiet week, which is the best week to find something. Six records, one of which nobody on the desk had heard of on Monday.

New Rotation — August 21

Six records out this week, each with the verdict attached, plus the one we are still arguing about internally and have therefore not given one.

Hollow Parade — Fathom Street

The fourth record, and the first one that sounds like a decision rather than a habit. Forty-one minutes, no guests, and a second side that finally goes somewhere.

Ivy Mensah — Cold Open

A debut recorded in eleven days in a room with one microphone, and it sounds exactly like that, which is either the point or the problem depending on the track.

Dray & the Tallows — Second Sleep

Fifty-four minutes when it should have been thirty-five. There is a very good record in here and the band have declined to find it.

Perennial Static — Nine Fields

Nine instrumentals named after nine fields, and the joke is that you can tell them apart. A quiet record that rewards being played loud.