Happy Particles - Under Sleeping Waves
Posted in SHOFT on 24th December 2011
I long ago stopped imagining there was any logic or fairness at work in any part of the music industry. The annual parade of televised desperation urged upon us by Simon Cowell and his band of judges is a case in point. The simple meritocratic ideal that success rewards hard...
People, Places, Maps - The Distance Tricked Us
Posted in SHOFT on 23rd December 2011
It's a brave band that chooses a name featuring punctuation. Since it seems a fair number of the literate population can't use it properly at the best of times, the ever-present risk of getting missed in the search results because of a stray full-stop or a misplaced comma is always...
Field Mouse / The Japanese War Effort - Split Cassette
Posted in SHOFT on 22nd December 2011
For the second time in less than a month I find myself reviewing a cassette release, which as I look back on 2011 is something I didn't expect to find myself saying. As this recent revival of the retro format continues, I find echoes of my own past - not...