Shall we write a new editorial? Oh the endless demand and who needs a damn editorial? No time for editorials, let the actual music do the actual walking and the actual talking. Exact same thing again, another five (or so) slices of musical things that have passed our way recently and however you like to slice it and of course it was the price of lemons and here comes the intro, Don’t be flippant she said, how could it ever be flippant? I can’t remember why she said that now, in one ear, out the other, we have a bad attitude here apparently, no respect for those who work in the music industry, well no poop Sherlock, have you only just worked that one out? We’ve been showing (and getting) zero respect since the last century, zero flips given, let me circle around one more time and give you the heads up on that one..

Five? There’s something rather compelling about five. Cross-pollination? Five more? Is there another way? A better way? A cure for pulling flying rabbits out of the clouds? Is there a rhyme? Is there a reason? Was there ever a reason? What do reasons make? Five more? Snake oil? Everything must go and no, we never do and the proof of the pudding is in that proof reading. When we started this thing, oh never mind, it doesn’t matter why we started this damn thing and like we asked last time, does anyone bother reading the editorial? Does anyone ever actually look down the rabbit hole or is it all just method acting? We do really try to listen to everything that comes in, we do it so you don’t have to, we are very (very) very very picky about what we actually post on these fractured pages or about what gets played on the radio or indeed what we hang in a gallery. Cut to the chase, never mind the editorial, skip this bit, there’s loads of music further down the page, well five or so pieces of music that have come our way in the last few days and what’s Wordsworth? Just the basic facts and links and those sounds (and visuals), that’s surely all you need from us?

Here we go, five more slices of music that have recently come our way, this time we start somewhere in Fredericton, New Brunswick, wherever that is…

1: Motherhood, from Fredericton, New Brunswick, have just shouted about their new album, Thunder Perfect Mind, an album that’s due out in January of next year if you’re ready to think about next year yet? While they were shouting they let loose this video, tt isn’t quite a first taste of the new album, there is more of their slightly awkward thing and more tastes of their things to come over on their Bandcamp page…

“Thunder Perfect Mind, narrates the sudden abduction of an unsuspecting pedestrian by a “dark, expanding Cloud”. To eclipse what controls, the only way out is through. But what lies beyond the Cloud?

“Despite it being a concept album that’s basically a sci-fi novel, it’s the most approachable album we’ve ever made.” Laughs multi-instrumentalist Penny, while guitarist Brydon Crain adds, “We see what people respond to at our shows and we wanted to give them songs they’ll love.”

2: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Just some footage of a performance of Robot Stop from nonagon infinity played live at the Kia forum in Inglewood LA 2024. Contains teases of This Thing and Master of The Universe from Hawkwind.

3: Tess Parks and more from the new album, Running Home To Sing is lifted from her new album Pomegranate out now on Fuzz Club & Hand Drawn Dracula

4: The Damn Truth, because sometimes the damn truth is all you need is some big rock (and some links if you want more)

5: Skloss – The Pattern Speaks is the title track from Austin/Glasgow duo Skloss’ debut album, released way way in the future in early March 2025. is that Glasgow Scotland? Rehearsing must be a pain? Here’s the links, there’s a Bandcamp, hang on, here’s some more, they’re both is Austin now, “The Pattern Speaks is the debut album from Austin via Glasgow space-gaze duo Skloss, blending heavy psychedelia, post-metal drones, meditative drums, and raw distorted riffs performed with honesty and deliberation. Across these eight equally pulverising and ethereal tracks, the result is a powerful, atmospheric and reverberating wall of sound that indulges Skloss’ heaviest and gentlest sonic impulses all at once”. Do like the video, we look forward to more. Here’s their Facebook

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