Monthly Archives: May 2021

Instant Boner – Perfect Sunday (2014), Outburst (2016), High Place Phenomenon (2020)

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Instant Boner – Perfect Sunday (self-released, 13 April 2014)

 

Instant Boner – Outburst (self-released, 21 January 2016)

 

Instant Boner – High Place Phenomenon (self-released, 25 September 2020)

 

Happy Bandcamp Friday! If you’re looking for some new music to check out, I’ve got what you need right here.

Instant Boner are a Greek band I’ve been digging for quite a while now — actually about seven years, I guess, since shortly after their debut came out. There’s a good chance many of you will feel the same way. But you’ll want to be especially careful searching for them by name, or you might find some websites that perhaps aren’t exactly what you were looking for…

Luckily, I’m here to help you out, and you’ll find links directly to each of the band’s first three albums down below. You’re welcome!

 

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Devastating Light – I Have Already Failed You; Olhava – Frozen Bloom (2021)

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Devastating Light – I Have Already Failed You (self-released (digital), 09 January 2021 / Depressive Illusion Records (cassette/UKR), 09 January 2021 / Herrecords (CD/ARG), 25 February 2021 / Planet K Records (CD/ITA), 28 March 2021)

 

Olhava – Frozen Bloom (self-released (digital), 02 April 2021 / slowsnow records (cassette), 02 April 2021 / Avantgarde Music (CD+vinyl), 07 May 2021)

 

Hello again! Presented for your listening pleasure, I’ve got two more recordings to share with you today. One is the debut EP by the newly-created solo act of a musician from southern Finland; the other will be the fourth LP by a two-piece band who live just a few hundred km away across the Russian border (or even closer, if one were inclined to travel directly through the Gulf of Finland).

Enjoy!

 

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Kosmodemonic – The Inebriating Darkness (2016), Liminal Light (2021)

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Kosmodemonic – The Inebriating Darkness (self-released, 01 March 2016)

 

Kosmodemonic – Liminal Light (Transylvanian Tapes, 07 May 2021)

 

Check it out: Kosmodemonic have a brand-new full-length (their second) coming out this Friday!

If you aren’t already familiar with the band, I’m sorry, it’s all my fault. When the first one was released, they emailed me about it and I listened to it and found it interesting so I added it to my to-do list but then I never actually got as far as writing something about it. Then somehow five entire years flew past, and here we are.

Not going to let that happen again, so I’m making sure this gets published today.

 

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Human Failure – Crown on the Head of a King of Mud; Kataan – S/T (2021)

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Human Failure – Crown on the Head of a King of Mud (Caligari Records / Sentient Ruin, 07 May 2021)

 

Kataan – Kataan (Prosthetic Records, 07 May 2021)

 

Well here we are at the start of a new month, which of course means more new releases waiting for us! Today I’ve got two for you: each is the first release of the new project from an established musician or two, and each will be coming out THIS FRIDAY.

Oh yeah, and these may be relatively short (around 15-20 minutes each) but both are soul-crushingly devastating. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

 

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