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benfyffemusic has written the following articles:

106078

Stephen Malkmus - Groove Denied

Review by Benjamin Bland

It would be a shame for anyone to miss out on Groove Denied»

106054

Teeth of the Sea - Wraith

Review by Benjamin Bland

Teeth of the Sea’s best, but also subtlest, album to date»

106007

Sharon van Etten - Remind Me Tomorrow

Review by Benjamin Bland

A delightful return»

105994

Lubomyr Melnyk - Fallen Trees

Review by Benjamin Bland

Like the other excellent records he has given us since his belated emergence into the global limelight, Fallen Trees is a work of quiet beauty»

105940

Soap&Skin - From Gas to Solid / You Are My Friend

Review by Benjamin Bland

An unremarkable – and frankly forgettable – third album from a notably gifted songwriter»

105887

Mi Mye - The Mountain Forces the Future and the Force Causes the Rain

Review by Benjamin Bland

Subtly contemplative, emotive music that grows in stature with each listen»

105864

Tim Hecker - Konoyo

Review by Benjamin Bland

Simultaneously quintessential Hecker and yet something completely different from his previous work»

105833

The Mercury First Listen Review: Arctic Monkeys

In Depth by Benjamin Bland

Benjamin Bland on Arctic Monkeys' Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino»

105832

Sarah Davachi - Gave in Rest

Review by Benjamin Bland

Gave in Rest is a work of disarmingly simple, yet often extremely profound, beauty»

105804

Szun Waves - New Hymn to Freedom

Review by Benjamin Bland

Ultimately it is very much the beauty of New Hymn to Freedom that really makes it stand out»

105801

Årabrot - Who Do You Love

Review by Benjamin Bland

An unforgettable demonstration of Årabrot’s endless capacity to shock and amaze»

105794

Thou - Magus

Review by Benjamin Bland

A successful affirmation of Thou’s place as being amongst the greatest heavy bands on the planet»

105781

The Necks - Body

Review by Benjamin Bland

One of the highlights of a long and storied career»

105632

Oneohtrix Point Never - Age Of

Review by Benjamin Bland

A wonderfully baffling album»

105560

Ivar Bjørnson and Einar Selvik - Hugsjá

Review by Benjamin Bland

Hugsjá is a startlingly atmospheric journey»

105556

Grouper - Grid of Points

Review by Benjamin Bland

It’s astonishingly beautiful and astonishingly, painfully real»

105473

Yo La Tengo - There's a Riot Going On

Review by Benjamin Bland

It’s nearly impossible to imagine an indie landscape without them»

105445

Anna von Hausswolff - Dead Magic

Review by Benjamin Bland

This is an album that could hardly be accused of not being good at what it does»

105444

Richard Youngs - Belief

Review by Benjamin Bland

Belief is something of a sequel to Beyond the Valley of Ultrahits»

105417

Dedekind Cut - Tahoe

Review by Benjamin Bland

In its serene tenderness it’s a reminder of the fragility of all that surrounds us»

105350

“Never felt better in my life”: Reflecting on the Sanity-Inducing Insanity of The Fall

In Depth by Benjamin Bland

Their music was an unhinged series of contradictions that reflected the messiness of life»

105313

Articulate Silences, Ambient Sounds #31: 2017 End-of-Year Edition

In Depth by Benjamin Bland

Celebrating the quieter side of music»

105301

Tom Rogerson with Brian Eno - Finding Shore

Review by Benjamin Bland

A record straight out of the early Eno ambient series playbook»

105192

Destroyer - ken

Review by Benjamin Bland

ken’s a grower»

105131

Wolves in the Throne Room - Thrice Woven

Review by Benjamin Bland

One of those glorious black metal records that creates a world around it»

105091

Neurosis - The Word as Law (2017 remastered edition)

Review by Benjamin Bland

An album of purpose, featuring Neurosis beefing up their early crust punk sound to the point of overload»

105084

Alvvays - Antisocialites

Review by Benjamin Bland

A characterless, maybe even completely anonymous, collection of tracks from a band clearly suffering badly from the infamous 'second album syndrome'»

105018

Steven Wilson - To the Bone

Review by Benjamin Bland

Steven Wilson is capable of producing a great pop album, but this sure as hell isn’t it»

104870

Laurel Halo - Dust

Review by Benjamin Bland

Throughout all its twists and turns, it remains a compellingly refreshing listen»

104663

Post War Glamour Girls - Swan Song

Review by Benjamin Bland

Few bands get three albums in with barely a dud track to be found in their discography»

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