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Single Review: Bryanna Rain - Arcades, Aeroplanes (2022) - Guest Feature by Dmitriy Churilov

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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: Bryanna Rain Bryanna Rain - Arcades, Aeroplanes Release Date: August 08, 2022 Duration: 03:14 Genre: EDM / Synthwave Origin: Richmond , VA , USA In the post everything era I sometimes miss simple pleasures, including the chart topper pop. And the sweeter becomes the pop craft of Bryanna Rain, an aspiring US-producer. She’s been testing the waters since last summer. Bryanna started with creating a character, a dimension of Eternia - with the first EP Blaming Eternia - four track release with distinctive traits of Paul Oakenfolds EDM, elements of synthwave and noir vocal club music. EP also includes an acoustic guitar demo Sleeping, pure MTV pop from the mid-2000s. And #Blaming Simar gets back on the track of classic pop dance with female vocals. This release sets the vector for the fut...

Album Review: Breaths - Lined in Silver (2021)

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Picture Credit: Breaths Artwork: Michelle Roberts Breaths - Lined in Silver Release Date: March 26, 2021 Label: Trepanation Recordings Format: CD / MC / Digital Length: 60:18 Genre: Post Rock / Post Metal Origin: Richmond (Virginia) , USA The album on hand is the debut by Virginia's Doomgazer Jason Roberts , also known as Breaths - not to be confused with Oregon's Stoner Doom band Breath ! Breaths provide us with almost exactly one hour of atmospheric and intense music that can be located somewhere between Post Rock, Post Hardcore, Post Metal, Shoegaze, Doom Metal, and even some Black Metal. Quite an interesting mix and definitely a great recipe for music that is brachial, soulful, and atmospherically cold at the same time. Like fog on a cold winter morning, the atmospheric soundscapes shimmer through the air, as they are joined by heavy Doom Metal riffs. The brutal intensity of the motifs makes a spring on this foundation like waves of a storm surge and hence creates this in...

EP Review: Han Gan - The Time Past (2020)

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Picture Credit: Han Gan Han Gan - The Time Past Release Date: July 01, 2020 Label: selfrelease Format: CD / Cassette / Digital Length: 09:03 Genre: Post Hardcore / Post Punk Origin: Alexandria ( Virginia ), USA Are you ready for some futuristic and dystopian sound? Here's Han Gan from Alexandria, Virginia. Their newest release "The Time Past" is a short but intense display of modern Post Punk and Post Hardcore. Crunchy riffs stride across galopping drums in mid-tempo while synthies, keys and xylophones create an atmospheric surrounding. Imagine Hüsker Dü teaming up with Black Flag and Human Tetris. "The Time Past" is a political release in several ways. The lyrics openly attack patriarchs, racists, sexists, and neo-liberals. Also, all the sales will be donated to the Community Justice Exchange to help them support the BLM movement and a COVID-19 emergency fund. So you can listen to good music and  do something good. Han Gan's "The Time Past" is a...