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First of all, and because it cannot be said often enough: нет войны | ні війні | No War How to help the people in Ukraine ______________________________________________________ Picture Credit: Heartfalls Heartfalls - Heartfalls Release Date: June 15, 2022 Duration: 02:45 Genre: Post Metal / Post Rock Origin: Queens, NY, USA Heartfalls is a product of its age. Based on the remains of the currently defunct metal band Ashes Forever. Rising from its, ehem, ashes, Heartfalls became a new outlet for Matt Dillon on drums and Josh Williams on guitar and bass. The newly-created band explores different territories, pretty far from the tech-metal agenda - it is post rock in its purest form, inspired by the titans of the genre like Caspian, Boards of Canada and Pelican. To this day Heartfalls remains a mysterious act, with little to no backstory behind it; and a single recorded track under the name 'Endless Year'. The artwork for it is an abstract black and white photo. Taking into consi...

Picture Credit: Electric Mud Electric Mud - The Inner World Outside Release Date: February 01, 2022 Label: Timezone Records Format: CD / Digital Length: 48:40 Genre: Progressive Post Rock  / Cinematic Prog Art Origin: Hannover , Germany Less than two years ago, Electric Mud from Hannover, the capital of German federal state Lower Saxony, released their monumental album " Quiet Days on Earth ". Justifiably, the 70-minute release received tremendous echoes from the music press and from the Prog community. Driven by this success, the former duo consisting of Hagen  and Nico  has grown to become a sextet since then. The project has hence become band, or even an ensemble. With reference to the word ensemble, an introduction to the recent development of Electric Mud can be given. As a sextet, the band from Hannover is now able to create a way broader sonic image. While the pieces on "Quiet Days on Earth" have already conveyed a meditative and soothing Neo-Classic and Ambi...

Picture Credit: Jesse Treece   Our Man in the Bronze Age - Hexed Endeavours Release Date: October 08, 2021 Label: selfrelease Format: Digital Length: 70:13 Genre: Prog Rock / Post Rock / Psychedelic Rock Origin: Milton Keynes , England When the New Towns were built in 1960s England, they were considered a project for a better future. Looking back more than half a century later, one can argue whether this future has become the past, whether it is still taking place, or if maybe time froze - at least when regarding post-war cultural movements. From the biggest of the New Towns - Milton Keynes - a rock band has formed that has mastered to make use of the multiple paradoxa of time. With their newest album "Hexed Endeavours" out this October, here is a good chance to introduce you to Our Man in the Bronze Age. Our Man in the Bronz Age formed in 2007. The quintet's line-up consists of: Justin Hodges  - guitars, Jonathan Muston  - drums, keys, vocals, Tom Platt  - drums, ...

Picture Credit: Simmons and Schuster   Simmons and Schuster - Simmons and Schuster Release Date: September 30, 2021 Label: selfrelease Format: Digital Length: 44:42 Genre: Dark Ambient / Cinematic Post Rock Origin: Havertown , PA , USA The album on hand is the first full-length release of the collaboration between Marc Schuster  and Timothy Simmons . The minimalist album title "Simmons and Schuster" shall not raise the assumption that this seven-track release is shallow or simple. On the contrary! Simmons  and Schuster  hereby present a 45-minute sonic journey to the deepest, darkest, and most remote spaces of human (sub-)consciousness, of our galaxy, and of everything beyond. The album was recorded in August 2021 in Marc Schuster 's basement studio before it underwent some intense editing and overdubbing. MIDI sequences, live recorded drums, a bass guitar, and a Electro Harmonix Mel 9 Tape Replay Machine were the major instruments used during this recording session...

Picture Credit:  Rihards Lībietis   Rihards Lībietis - Caurvīt Paralēles / Transcending Parallels Release Date: September 29, 2021 Length: 03:22 Genre: Post Rock Origin: Riga , Latvia Earlier this year,  Rihards Lībietis from Latvian capital Riga has released his latest so far album " Willful Blindness " on which he was supported by a dozen of instrumentalists - The Rihards Lībietis Orchestra. Only half a year later,  Rihards Lībietis  is back with another solo album (and a few guest musicians). "Līnijas un Miniatūras" (Latvian: "Lines and Miniatures") was released on October 26 via Persian Records. Here, we are taking a closer look on the ex ante single 'Caurvīt Paralēles' (Latvian: 'Transcending Parallels'), the album's second track. This instrumental tells of inner growth, of the transcendental experience of leaving one's usual path, and of making the next big step. Fans of plumber brothers Mario  and Luigi  would probably depict...

Picture Credit: Karmazid   QOYA -  Yōkai Release Date: October 15, 2021 Label: selfrelease Format: CD / Cassette / Digital Length: 38:45 Genre: Post Metal / Post Punk Origin: Grenoble , France In 2019, QOYA from the French Alps released their first EP " The Fall ". After this debut work the band shrank from a quartet to a trio since their bass player left the band. So, drummer Amar Ruiz  also began to implement synthesizers to the sound of QOYA and thus, the search for a new bassist became obsolete. Like Amar Ruiz , Quentin Chazer  (guitar and vocals), and Antoine Roux  (guitar) are original members of the band that has now released their first longplayer "Yōkai". Yōkai by QOYA QOYA go into the fields of Post-genres. The sound they present on "Yōkai" contains massive and doomy arrangements of Post Metal and Post Rock. Guitar leads as delicate and cold as fresh snow encounter intense walls of riffs that resemble giant blizzards. Between those soundscapes o...

Picture Credit: Oll Ef   Oll Ef - Ghost of Us All Release Date: August 25, 2021 Label: selfrelease Format: Digital Length: 27:06 Genre: Post Rock Origin: Portland , OR , USA Little do we know about the Portland-based duo Oll Ef. The two members are brothers who both have played in plenty of bands and released a lot of music with bands such as Magistrater, VTRN, Sunthrower, Kaddisfly, or Water & Bodies, to name a few. Now for the first time, the two brothers have joined their forces, and the result is the EP on hand, "Ghost of Us All" by Oll Ef. For almost half an hour, the duo presents stunning soundscapes to dive into. Time and space stand still and race with high velocity at the same time when Oll Ef play their thrilling sonic narratives that tell us about the endless discrepancy between constancy and progress, and of entropy. The soundscapes on "Ghost of Us All" vary between progressive and artistic Post Rock à la Russian Circles, cinematic and atmospheric so...

Picture Credit: Onni Nieminen   Maa Ilmasta - Iso Yö Release Date: May 07, 2021 Label: Luova Records Format: Cassette / Digital Length: 32:39 Genre: Post Rock Origin: Jyväskylä  / Helsinki , Finland Before properly starting this review, I want to apologize to Benjami , Aapo , Aapo , and Jussi . I promised to post this review quite some time ago. It was mentioned in the announcements , and then somehow got lost. I can imagine that when I deleted the line containing another release that was already reviewed, accidentally "Iso Yö" got deleted from the list, too, but I cannot tell for sure. Nevertheless, here it is, the first album by Maa Ilmasta. The band was founded in Finnish student town Jyväskylä in 2016 and has moved to the capital Helsinki in the meantime. The quartet is known for their stunning live shows and artistic music videos. Together with guest musician Matias Naskali , Maa Ilmasta (Finnish: The Earth from the Air) have recorded their first album "Iso Yö"...

  Picture Credit: Alex Henry Foster & The Long Shadows Alex Henry Foster & The Long Shadows will soon tour the UK and Europe! So, all you lovers of sophisticated and soulful Post and Prog Rock save the dates of the two upcoming tours. And feel free to listen to the live recording of "The Son of Hannah" while doing so. It might encourage you to buy tickets right away. You can also win a CD package! Send an e-mail to rmangowave@gmail.com with the subject "AHF" and write which venue Alex Henry Foster & The Long Shadows will play twice . You can then win a hand-picked CD from the MangoWave Prog collection. Don't forget to add your address, so the CDs can find their way to you. Entry deadline: September 30, 2021, 11:oo PM (Central European Time) Lights Stretching over Sorrows - with The Pineapple Thief - Autumn 2021 October 06 - Saint Luke's, Glasgow, UK October 07 - O2 Ritz, Manchester, UK October 09 - Paradiso, Amsterdam, NL October 10 - Fabrik, Ha...

  Picture Credit: Daniel Bohn Daniel Bohn – The Black and White Sea (Remixed) Release Date: August 20, 2021 Label: selfrelease Format: Digital Length: 65:37 Genre:  Prog Metal Origin:  St. Louis ,  MO ,  USA A year and a week after the release of Daniel Bohn ’s powerful album “ The Black and White Sea ”, the remixed version has been released. The ten tracks have undergone the masterful skills of MetalKrypt which give the original piece from August 2020 even more power. For over an hour multi-instrumentalist Daniel Bohn and bass player Travis Tompkin provide their audience with stunning soundscapes and thrilling sonic narratives. The Black & White Sea (Remixed) by Daniel Bohn The atmospheric introduction ‘Intrusive Thoughts’ is followed by nine dark and heavy tracks that last between three and thirteen minutes each. The songs are defined by impressive songwriting structures and powerful arcs of suspense. Take ‘The Vision’ for example that starts as ...

Picture Credit: Alpha Mortal Foxtrot   Alpha Mortal Foxtrot - No One Will Talk About Us (No One Will Owe Us Anything) Release Date: June 25, 2021 Length: 06:07 Genre: Post Rock / Alternative Rock Origin: Jakarta , Indonesia Alpha Mortal Foxtrot are a four-piece band from Jakarta who is currently working on their new album which will be released later this year. Wiku Anindito  (vocals and guitar), Adrian Hardjapamekas  (bass), Ricky Putra  (guitar), and Raiden Soedjono  (drums) give us a pre-taste of the full-length release via the single "No One Will Talk About Us (No One Will Owe Us Anything)". The song is a highly empowering anthem for the underdogs, for those who are often left out, left behind, or not receive attention. Alpha Mortal Foxtrot is a hymn for the betas, like Streetlight Manifesto's "A Moment of Silence" - but completely different in terms of music. "No One Will Talk About Us (No One Will Owe Us Anything)" is an atmospheric mix of Post ...

  Picture Credit: Monrad   Monrad - Wired Release Date: May 12, 2021 Label: selfrelease Format: Digital Length: 38:48 Genre:  Post Punk  /  Alternative Rock Origin:  Kortrijk ,  Belgium In order to prevent any confusion or misunderstanding, this article is a review of Monrad's debut album "Wired", the follow-up release to their selftitled EP . The title track of the new album was featured in  the MangoNews on June 04. Click here to read that article . Despite not being a proper concept album, Monrad's "Wired" follows a certain theme. On eleven songs, sole band member Matthew Ramon  deals with the ongoing chaotic madness we call life. Hence, "Wired" is filled with situations, emotions, quarrels, or incidents that are as common as the sun rising in the East. And yet, they are somewhat bizarre and gloomy - because life is sometimes bizarre and gloomy. Monrad's reflections on everyday life and its emotional parts are presented via atmospheric sl...

Picture Credit: Harvey Dormer   Harvey Dormer - Songs for Parties Release Date: April 20, 2021 Label: selfrelease Format: Digital Length: 20:34 Genre: Post Punk / Post Rock Origin: London , England "Songs for Parties" is the solo debut by London's Harvey Dormer, and it might be one of the most cynical titles there can be. The five-track EP is an exploration of the chasms of human bahviour and contemporary society. Hence, "Songs for Parties" features songs about verbal abuse, toxic relationships, self-doubts, depression and harmful medication, but also a reflected outlook and the realization of one's worth. Harvey Dormer · Songs For Parties Music-wise, Harvey Dormer is predominantly moving through the realms of 'Post-' genres. Thick clouds of atmosperic Post Rock clash with the melancholy of Post Punk and the spiky edges of Post Hardcore. The overall dark mood of Alternative Rock and New Wave could also be called Post-Grunge here. The result is an e...