One-Sentence Music Review

  • OSMR: SPIME.IM – Zero

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    The Turin-based arts collective has followed up its debut Exaland with its take on “zero time,” a kind of brave new world where the synths are dark and the beats unnerving. Kevin Press One-sentence music reviews (OSMR) are designed to spread the word about as many new releases as possible during the COVID-19 crisis.

  • OSMR: Rudy Royston – Panoptic

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    Twenty-three solo-drum improvisations: prepare to feel this one deep down. Kevin Press One-sentence music reviews (OSMR) are designed to spread the word about as many new releases as possible during the COVID-19 crisis.

  • OSMR: Lucia Luna – Hunting Midnight

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    Portland-based Lucia Luna makes her solo debut with a rich EP draped in goth influences; her vocals are the main attraction here – they are dramatic and supremely confident.  Kevin Press One-sentence music reviews (OSMR) are designed to spread the word about as many new releases as possible during the COVID-19 crisis.

  • OSMR: Lean Left – Medemer

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    Paal Nilssen-Love on drums, Ken Vandermark on reeds and Terrie Ex and Andy Moor on guitars: which is to say that you have to hear this.  Kevin Press One-sentence music reviews (OSMR) are designed to spread the word about as many new releases as possible during the COVID-19 crisis.

  • OSMR: Kate NV – Room for the Moon

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    Moscow’s Kate Shilonosova says these 10 new tracks “are now my closest friends,” indeed, her enthusiasm for the work – and all its lovely detail – shines through from start to finish.  Kevin Press One-sentence music reviews (OSMR) are designed to spread the word about as many new releases as possible during the COVID-19 crisis.

  • OSMR: Ytamo – Vacant

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    Recorded last year, while Ytamo was expecting her first child, this moving collection of piano and vocal performances is a kind of 41-minute lullaby for grown-ups – breathtaking. Kevin Press One-sentence music reviews (OSMR) are designed to spread the word about as many new releases as possible during the COVID-19 crisis.