Oh the Frippery of it all, or unnecessary ornament in architecture, dress, or language, we demand Frippery. Shall we write a new editorial now? Oh the endless demand and who needs a damn editorial let alone a new one? 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 music that have passed our way recently and however you like to slice it and of course it was the price of oranges and here comes the editorial. 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?

Five? There’s something rather compelling about five. Cross-pollination? Five more? Is there another way? A better way? A cure for pulling flying haddocks 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 with something from Shall we write a new editorial now? Oh the endless demand and who needs a damn editorial let alone a new one? 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 music that have passed our way recently and however you like to slice it and of course it was the price of oranges and here comes the editorial. 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?

Five? There’s something rather compelling about five. Cross-pollination? Five more? Is there another way? A better way? A cure for pulling flying haddocks 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 with something from Berlin (with atouch of London thrown in)

1: Shapednoise – “Hey, Shapednoise, Loraine James, and Moor Mother come together for the first time with today’s new single, unveiling an early glimpse of Absurd Matter 2, Shapednoise’s new album out September 19th, the sequel to his acclaimed sonic odyssey that began in 2023″ and well of course we’re interested in anything involving Loraine James, you know it it is always going to be challengingly different if Ms. James is part of it. Here’s that first taste via Bandcamp 

“Arriving two years after the first chapter, Absurd Matter 2 isn’t just a sequel, it’s an evolution, redrawing the boundaries established by its acclaimed predecessor. The Berlin-based Italian producer tempers his confrontational sonics with rare moments of introspection, shifting seamlessly between blown-out noise, warped hip-hop, mutant club experimentation, and weightless ambience. Textures disintegrate and reassemble, rhythms flex and crumble, and every detail balances on the edge of fantasy. It’s a poetic, layered response to Nino Pedone’s changing physical reality: the gradual hearing loss and perceptual renegotiation triggered by Ménière’s disease, which struck him in 2022. At first, the experience felt like betrayal, a brutal disconnection from the very sense that had shaped his life. But over time, the disorientation turned into a strange kind of focus. The silence between sounds became as expressive as the sounds themselves… We await more on the album

2: Dmitry Evgrafov and a single from the just released new album Research Center….

“Critically acclaimed, Berlin-based composer and multi-instrumentalist, Dmitry Evgrafov, returns from a five-year hiatus with his stunning new album Research Center, set for release on July 4^th via Open Pathways.

Moving increasingly away from the solo piano material he first became known for, ‘Research Center’ amplifies the expansive stylistic drift evident in his 2020 album, ‘Surrender’. Moving from post-classical composer to electronic producer, the album is a rich, deep, emotional collection of eleven compositions that draw on both AI and a wide frame of influences, resulting in a joyful, kaleidoscopic, and iridescent journey that feels textural, exploratory, and elevating….”

hear more of the album via Bandcamp

3: Humour have shared anew single In The Paddies from their debut album Learning Greek which, in turn, is out August 8th via So Young Records.

Frontman Andreas Christoloudis had the following to say about the themes behind the new Humour single, a narrative centrepiece of the record:

“In the Paddies is from the point of view of a character who summons various members of the dead throughout history to rise in a muddy field and asks them what it would take to allow their souls to rest peacefully.”

Album details via Bandcamp or other places

And I guess we’ll say more when the album lands, for now here’s more Humour…

4: Pamplemousse – More from Pamplemousse, this time a rather good looking and sounding first taste of the French band’s new album due out in late September. Hang on, this one just went passed on a YouYube feed after something else we were chwecking out, there’s probably a press release for it somewhere in the overcrowded inbox? We have covered them a number of times bofore, we’re probably on one of their mailing lists by now? Ah yes, indeed there is:

“Formerly a trio, the band formed on Reunion Island (Indian Ocean) has evolved since its last album as a duo (Drums / Guitars & Vocals) and has now been based in Lorraine (East of France) since last summer”.

“More Beautiful Than Madonna, with its noise-rock fury and its stunning video, is the first track on Pamplemousse‘s fourth album Porcelain. Once again recorded in analog at Black Box Studio in Angers (France) by Peter Deimel (Shellac, Chokebore, Cows, Anna Calvi, dEUS, etc.), this abrasive, uncompromising new album will be released on September 26th, 2025, still on the A Tant Rêver du Roi label (Digital, CD, Vinyl). More here amd here’s the label’s Facebook page

5: The Sick Man of Europe and some turmoil and more from that recently released album in the shape of film that goes with Sanguine. More about the album here; The Sick Man Of Europe’s 80s sounding, slightly post-punk flavoured crisp clean alternative sounding machine-driven electronic debut album is about to land… For those of you tuning in from East London might like to note the Sick Man will be at the George Tavern on the 8th, more about that via London Gigs

Previously…

ORGAN: Five Music Things – Blonde Redhead & Brooklyn Youth Chorus, Ghostwoman, Oasis Boom, Whimm, Tan Cologne, Peretsky and yes, we know that’s six…

ORGAN: Five Music Things – Flender are a rather glorious experimental noise rock band from Houston, Automatic are back with a new song, more Buñuel, a taste of the new Psychonaut album and who are Pôt-Pot?

ORGAN: Five Music Things – Pili Coït have just let loose a new video, Berlin’s Lobsterbomb are back with a new single, Codex Serafini and some rather fine live footage, Goat Girl’s exciting new venture into the world of classical composition, Bristol’s Seneca and…

ORGAN: Five Music Things – More of that frantic urgent thing that Fruit LoOops do, another piece of music taken from Lifeguard’s new album, a first taste of the new album from New York’s Water From Your Eyes, Terence Fixmer and a new remix by German techno powerhouse Marcel Dettmann, Another rather beautiful track from Daily Toll and… 

ORGAN: Five Music Things – Morn’s Speedy Wunderground, who are The Gatekeepers? More from The Sick Man Of Europe, more of the new Rival Consoles album, the beauty of Disiniblud, Rún and a piece called Terror Moon and…

ORGAN: Five Music Things – Just that, five music makers that have passed our way this week; a taste Vile Imbeciles, Chrysalid Homo, SARN, something new from Judge Smith, Cindytalk’s post punk from back there and…

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