After Eight Show - Music That You Just Don't Hear Anywhere Else!

Stacked full of exciting, innovative, creative New Music this week as per usual! Music from Iceland, USA, Sweden, Belgium (from a Dutch, Scottish and Indonesian background), Hungary, Korea, Nigeria (indirectly), Poland, New Zealand and the UK.Our ALBUM OF THE WEEK is 'Mundane' by Fiona Brown. She was born in the Netherlands to a Scottish father and Indonesian mother and now lives in Antwerp. A multi-instrumentalist, she's inspired by roots, rock and soul music but this latest album has a stark, industrial feel to it."‘Mundane’ is anything but, although it takes a while to adjust to its brooding industrial beats. Across the albums 12 tracks, the grooves are harsh, aggressive and cold. Like slaps to the face or knocks to the knees – they bite and gnarl. Add to that, icy synths that hint at melodies without always explicitly giving them and you have an unusual album. It isn’t atonal – it just hints at beauty or horror – often at the same time. What holds it all together is the voice of Fiona Brown." higherplainm