Modern Nature – How To Live. Pastoral krauty psych types. ‘Modern Nature’ itself remains the stand-out track, and it’s a little samey in places, but they’ve definitely developed their own vibe here: https://modernnature.bandcamp.com/album/how-to-live
The Utopia Strong – s/t. Steve ‘Snooker Loopy’ Davis and Kavus ‘hundreds of bands’ Torabi (and another bloke) create some electronic kosmische. It was OK on first listen, with a couple of particularly nice tracks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gG02P9j406I
Cave In – Final Transmission. Alt/space metal dudes return. Some of this sounds very much like Amplifier, which on the whole is a good thing: https://cavein.bandcamp.com/album/final-transmission
Black Mountain – Destroyer. Hmmm, I’ve never been able to totally enjoy these guys, even though on the face of it I clearly should. For all the cosmic/stoner rock genes in their DNA, there’s a little too much hair metal as well. Best over a short distance: https://blackmountain.bandcamp.com/album/destroyer
Isildurs Bane & Peter Hammill – In Amazonia
BEAK> – Life Goes On EP. There’s a track on here that sounds spookily like Portishead…
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