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Cover of Things Fall Apart by Three Three Fives.

Three Three Fives

Things Fall Apart

Feral Child

The return of Sheffield based psych duo THREE THREE FIVES with a new set of beautiful psych pop gems entitled 'Things Fall Apart'.

The premise has not changed, the band take the classic pop 1/4 chord change and mix up a hazy cocktail of dark space rock blended with euphoric summer melodies, all underpinned by a suicide-esque garage simplicity, sometimes electronic, usually motorik, but always rooted in a deep psychedelia. Massively recommended to all fans of Mazzy Star, 'Lazer Guided Melodies' era Spiritualized and Galaxie 500 amongst others, this is a wonderfully consistent -no filler- full length from a band that doffs its cap to that age old Spacemen mantra of “3 chords good, 2 chords better, 1 chord best”.

'Things Fall Apart' is a follow up to the superb 'Kind of Surreal' LP on Feral Child from 2021, which sold out instantly and amassed glowing reviews in the likes of Shindig! etc and plays on BBC6 music. Arguably a little more electronic this record than it’s predecessor, it perhaps recalling the likes of Ladytron and -during it’s more instrumental passages- Bitchin’ Bajas, Spectrum or Stereolab, with kraut flavoured flourishes….

Either way, it’s ten tracks are a psych / dream pop trove of pop gems and with it being a limited pressing of 150 on vinyl, it’s sure to fly quickly….

TRACK LISTING

1. Hit The Low
2. Brand New
3. Things Fall Apart
4. I Don't Wanna Let You Go
5. See Your Face
6. Better Off Out Of It
7. She Sells Hearts
8. Blind Spots
9. Feel Alright All The Time
10. Arpeg View

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Cover of Trickster B/w 3am Crowd by Vorderhaus.

Vorderhaus

Trickster B/w 3am Crowd

Feral Child

We’ve just got in a handful of super limited new Feral Child 45s here; released as a clear lathe cut edition of just 99 copies, the single marks a return to action for VORDERHAUS who’s releases on Polytechnic Youth a few years back went down a storm with instant sell outs and 6music plays and repeated “Electronic sound” magazine thumbs’ up.

The project of Mark Vorderhaus, (alongside his other guise as one half of Detox Twins); his catchy minimal, synth pop gems sit easily in that key era of 1978-82 in UK electronic music; the sounds of early Mute, Fad Gadget, early Depeche Mode, DAF etc etc immediately spring to mind.

This double A side continues that trend, and the single is wrapped up nicely as a numbered limited edition clear lathe cut disk with numbered inserts.

TRACK LISTING

1. Trickster
2. 3am Crowd

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Cover of Glassy Tears by Mitra Mitra.

Mitra Mitra

Glassy Tears

Feral Child

Three years deep in the static, Mitra Mitra return with 'Glassy Tears', their fourth transmission, pressed on blood-red vinyl and wrapped in a matching red, reverse board sleeve: an abstract, disorienting image that hints at a Viennese lift shaft without ever fully revealing it. All suggestion, no escape.

They’ve moved beyond the minimal synth tag into something more unstable—mutant dancefloor synthpop. The backbone is still there: Mahk Rumbae’s skeletal, obsessive rhythms and corroded melodies, cycling with machine precision, humming like circuitry pushed too far.

Violet Candide’s voice cuts through in that signature near-spoken monotone—detached, intimate, and faintly unreal. The lyrics draw from ’60s and ’70s science fiction and the ghosts of the past, broken into fragments that feel half-remembered, half-lost.

It’s more immediate, more kinetic—but no less strange. The surface invites movement, while something colder lingers underneath. 'Glassy Tears' doesn’t resolve—it echoes.


TRACK LISTING

1. Archeology
2. Functional Functionality
3. Glassy Tears
4. Shatter
5. Electron I
6. Suffix
7. Collide
8. Celluoid

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Cover of 'Crème Caramel B/w Salted Caramel by Studio Kosmische.

Studio Kosmische

'Crème Caramel B/w Salted Caramel

Feral Child

Next Feral Child off the blocks sees a monster of a double a side from long term label favourites, Studio Kosmische.

2 superb covers of the classic Cluster tune 'Caramel' from the legendary 1974 LP 'Zuckerzeit'. Recorded in January, both versions (entitled 'Crème Caramel' and 'Salted Caramel') are absolute beauties.

For a little background, over to SK mainman Dom Keen: SK is an experimental electronic project, rooted deeply, as the name suggests, in the ethos of German 1970s kosmische music. Blending drones, psychedelic instrumentation and sound design into immersive, otherworldly deep listening—this is music intended to encourage and accompany an altered state.

Primarily the solo project of British musician and producer Dom Keen, it also reflects collaborations with key contributors. Keen is also known for his work with The Hologram People and as a touring musician with Quantic and Death in Vegas. A close collaborator is Jonathan Parkes, founder of Dreamlord Recordings. Drawing on a background in sonic experimentation, Studio Kosmische channels the ethos of 1970s cosmic music—expansive synth textures, open structures, and a disregard for conventional song form.

This release serves as a tribute to two of kosmische’s founding figures, Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Dieter Moebius, of Cluster, the track “Caramel” originally appeared on the 1974 album Zuckerzeit”

TRACK LISTING

1. Crème Caramel
2. Salted Caramel

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Cover of A Quiet Bay by Heavy Axe.

Heavy Axe

A Quiet Bay

Feral Child

First full length of its final year for Feral Child, sees the most wonderful LP from Sussex based duo HEAVY AXE. 11 gorgeously slow building, subtle krautrock infused nuggets all of which have a beautiful earthy, peacefulness at its core- recalling perhaps, the collaborative work Eno undertook with Cluster and Harmonia.

This is a truly epic record; in equal measure mind-blowingly beautiful, truly up-reaching kosmische music, consistently maintaining an intoxicating warmth and knowing grasp of where truly great ambient music can transport the listener. Whilst other pieces such as 'Enhancer' or 'Clusters' break impressively from ambient start points into wonderfully fresh sounding, driving motorik grooves….


TRACK LISTING

1. A Quiet Bay
2. Arp Interlude
3. Not Swimming
4. Snow Drift
5. Honduras
6. Enhancer
7. Hills Of Denham
8. Clusters
9. Everthing
10. Solina
11. There Is Not Enough Time

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Cover of Hungry Vortex by Polypores.

Polypores

Hungry Vortex

Feral Child

Final LP of a productive year for Feral Child is an absolute cracker. The latest of a long line of superb full lengths from Stephen James Buckley's incendiary Polypores project. This one is arguably his most adventurous outing to date, the undeniably psychedelic “Hungry Vortex”. Four extended pieces exploring polyrhythmic fixations and cosmic jazz-prog freak-outs.

Percussion-heavy opener ‘The Body Is The Spaceship’ is a fine example of the sort of seamless organic growth we tend to see in Polypores’ music, with slewed synth blips and rolling polyrhythms gradually twisting into unrecognisable strands of melody and unconventional groove before your very ears.

The prog-heavy ‘Wizards!’ sees Buckley’s trademarked playful use of time-signature changes, providing such a wealth of emotional and stylistic variance and immeasurable enjoyment without changing key once (honestly, who needs keys). It’s brilliantly evocative too and could indeed perfectly soundtrack a mushroom-trip wizard march.

As we flip the record over, the flutey flourishes and minimalist clicks of the title track draw the listener into a trancelike state, repeated movements spiralling like myriad creatures crawling over a candy-coloured horizon, echoing forth into an inviting sonic oblivion. It’s ostensibly electronic, yet somehow more natural organism than machine, with little concern for the grid, or indeed, the rules.

Finally, we end on something a little more subdued - the reassuring classicism of the beautiful ‘Void High’, with washes of warm noise and wobbly delay lines whirring and twinkling away, closing the record with an experience that is undeniably emotional, spiritual and as always, uniquely Polypores.

This is a wonderful record with which to close the year out, it comes in a magnificent, spot varnished Jake Blanchard sleeve. A superb record released as a one time only vinyl pressing.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: An absolutely superb mix of the wild-eyed wooze of Buckley's more propulsive, jazzy outpourings and the rippling ambient tones we've loved from throughout his discography. A Wonderfully fluid, mad dance odyssey rendered in Buckley's distinctive style, possibly his best yet.

TRACK LISTING

1. The Body Is The Spaceship
2. Wizards!
3. Hungry Vortex
4. Void High

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Cover of Dreams Buried Under The Sea by Trimdon Grange Explosion.

Trimdon Grange Explosion

Dreams Buried Under The Sea

Feral Child

Recorded in rehearsal rooms and homes in the aftermath of a pandemic, 'Dreams Buried Under The Sea' carries a sense of Autumn: an ending of things, and new beginnings. Of harvesting and the storing of all that is good, in preparation for the harsh winter to come. Initially falling together from the ashes of sometimes celebrated electric-folkies The Eighteenth Day Of May back in 2006, Trimdon Grange Explosion have a way of taking their time. Built on the strong friendships of the individuals going way back, their approach to music-making has involved infrequent London based live appearances, but lots of recording, the results offered forward only when necessary.

The years following have seen the departure of founding member, viola player Alison Cotton to concentrate on well received solo work, but still appearing on three tracks on the new record. Alison’s departure preceded the arrival of new member, formidable bassist Ben Reed whose long resume includes work with Frank Ocean, Sampha and Hannah Peel, in addition to making solo records, the most recent being “Bandaged” on Esoteric in 2023. His arrival frees up original bassist Mark Nicholas to join Ben Phillipson on guitar duties. Phillipson also takes sole charge of vocals, double-tracked and harmonised. Drummer Karl Sabino completes the line-up, also handling most of the recording and production.

Not completely putting their folk tendencies to one side, the album documents a band learning to communicate with the new line-up; a sound that stretches from the Albion Country Band’s pastoral intricacy to Pavement’s lo-fi inscrutability by way of The Rain Parade/Byrdsian school of chiming guitars.

A recent live review in Shindig! (July 2025) noted the “propulsive ride-cymbal-driven drum and bass groove underpins intertwining dual raga-drone guitar lines; when one goes high, the other goes low and vice versa, making for sublime psych-head listening”.

'Dreams Buried Under The Sea' is at times uplifting, often heavily melancholic, and marks a culmination of sorts for Trimdon. Its release on Dom Martin’s Feral Child label also completes a circle, their debut release being a 7” on his previous Great Pop Supplement imprint way back when. 

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The Jonny Halifax Invocation

Açid Blüüs Räägs: Vol. 2 Remixed

Feral Child

The East London based collective have been active since 2021, releasing a stash of amazing lathe cut releases, all dressed in the most incredibly eye catching packaging and featuring Jonny’s now trademark psych flavoured, lino-cut and screened sleeves. In hindsight it all seems so simple- the marrying up of the most incredible looking records with the bands’ incendiary psyched out, kosmik washed swamp blues is one heck of a draw.

Astutely described as “combining avant swamp blues heaviosity with kosmic free jazz experimentalism in a fluid collective of godless raag brut improvisations - sonic visions of an hallucinatory apocalyptic near future”. Reference points are incredibly eclectic from Alice Coltrane, Sun Ra, Moondog, Captain Beefheart etc via The MC5 or the blissed out mantras of Popol Vuh to “imagining Spacemen 3 in the high desert being scorched by the hot hot sun”.

The background to this set is probably best coming from Jonny himself: “The origin of this remix project began in the final mixing of the album ‘Acid Blüüs Räägs Vol.2’ with Captain Future at Space Eko East Studios. When the Captain tried out some heavy dub treatments on the opening track ‘Cosmic Fanfare’ the idea for a whole parallel remix project pronounced itself as the righteous path. So, after mixing the album, the Captain set sail for the cosmos with his dub version of track 1. The logical next step was to put the call out to the Invocation family… Jason Stoll, God Unknown label boss and Sex Swing bass swinger gives ‘Fever Dawn’ the dark and heavy treatment. Long time friend and prolific cottage industry remixer The Lincolnshire Poacher takes ‘Wail Of The Dead Woods’ off to his murky hideout to close the first side. On the flip Brother Chris Rotter, the band’s very own sonic traveller of the white and the black keys, pulls out a very cinematic mix of ‘The Sun and The Red Sand’. And the final track ‘Celestial Symphony In D’ is treated to two re-imaginings; first from long term collaborator Charlie Behrens who treats us to some delicious experimental rupturings, under his new moniker Collapsing Drums, followed by former band mate and present collaborator Mr Chestnutt, with a Floating World Pictures cosmic gospel rave mix to close the party. Something for everyone….Dig!!!” 

TRACK LISTING

1. Cosmic Fanfare
2. Fever Dawn
3. Wall Of The Dead Woods
4. The Sun And The Red Sand
5. Celestial Symphony

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Cover of Real Time / Clever Girl by DELTA.

DELTA

Real Time / Clever Girl

Feral Child

Next up on the hugely productive current Feral Child conveyer belt comes an absolute banger of a 45. Once again, looking splendid in their new psych flavoured label bags, this new 7 sees the release for a first-time-on-vinyl pair of gorgeous demos from the mighty DELTA.

I’m sure many of you know the back story; how Delta formed in 1991 from the ashes of The Sea Urchins (whose four year career spawned 3 beloved 45s on Sarah, and copious releases on Fierce, Sha-La-La and Kvatch amongst others). Brothers James and Patrick Roberts set out to form a band that reflected their love of records by the likes of The Byrds, The Beatles and Neil Young. Or “just dirty soul music” as James described it at the time in Dazed Magazine.

Sadly, for one reason or another, and despite -as James recalls- having “loads of A&R bods coming up to Birmingham telling us we were the best thing since the Stone Roses”, the obvious genius in the songs was occasionally outweighed by the sometimes ramshackle nature of their live performances and through various tensions the band split on the cusp of recording a debut album, leaving a slew of fabulous 45s only.

Then in 1999, Dishy Recordings released “Laughing Mostly”, a sumptuous collection of previously unreleased demos and outtakes, again showcasing and reminding listeners of the bands’ songwriting prowess. Fast forward to this year and Dell’orso are releasing an expanded edition of that collection and for a first time on wax, these two nuggets are pulled for a 45 release in a limited one time pressing. 

TRACK LISTING

Side A: Real Time
Side B: Clever Girl

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Cover of Bongo Express by The Hologram People.

The Hologram People

Bongo Express

Feral Child

Next up on Feral Child (alongside the mighty new Lake Ruth full length) comes an absolute banger of a 45 from The Hologram People.

Following hugely well received and sought after releases on Dreamlord Recordings, Library of the Occult, Up In Her Room and others, the duo of Jonathan Parkes (Korb) and Dom Keen (Studio Kosmische) release 'Bongo Express' as a limited one-off vinyl pressing for Crouch End based label Feral Child.

A heady, psychedelic collision of bongos and analogue synths create a dusty mid 70's groove of masterful krautrock infused funk instrumentation. The duo’s trippy soundtrack and radiophonic leanings are at the fore across both sides of this beauty. It is anticipated that a quick sell out is on the cards, and the single looks wonderful too- dressed in Feral Childs’ new psych company bags designed by label head Dom. 

TRACK LISTING

1. Bongo Express
2. Afternoon Sniper

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Cover of 4 Track EP by Melodien.

Melodien

4 Track EP

Feral Child

The release marks the return of MELODIEN, the project of Liverpool based Harry Sumnall, who, over many years has crafted some of the most beautiful, soaring kosmische sounds out there. This new 3 track EP is a wonderful ode to the golden period of Brain, Sky, Cosmic Couriers et al, spaced out grooves, dreamy textures and drones aplenty. so of course, this comes hugely recommended to fans of Cluster, Harmonia and the Berlin school.

Sleeves are partial wraparounds all hand numbered and FC embossed.

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Cover of Hypnagogic Visions by Neon Lemon.

Neon Lemon

Hypnagogic Visions

Feral Child

Next up on Feral Child comes the debut vinyl release from Austin Tx psych outfit NEON LEMON. Having caught the eye of label head Dom on some cool looking, local Spacemen 3 themed nights’ posters; further digging revealed this incredible, richly melodic, yet deep psychedelic beauty with -seemingly- no home for a release on wax, so it was pretty easy to step in and offer to release it.

“Hypnagogic Visions” is a superb, fuzz n’ drone drenched 6 track 10” LP in a sleeve designed by the legendary Jim Franklin (a friend of the band) who famously designed beautiful posters, flyers and gig tickets for the Elevators, Shiva’s Headband and Canned Heat amongst others, in his role as owner of the Vulcan Gas Company, a revered 60s Austin psychedelic club and concert hall.

As Ben Siebert from the band explains: “This record was mostly written and recorded in a warehouse space outside of Austin (that no longer exists) called The Inner Chamber. We tried best to capture our live sound in this space, and with most band members in a state of constant turmoil at the time of its recording, this space offered a refuge from our personal lives and a place to transcend reality through creation of this music.”

Neon Lemon blends together mind altering psychedelic sounds of the 60's with transcendent space rock of the early 70's. Finding their own balance between free form psychedelia and a mainline of roots rock and roll.

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Cover of Armature For A Painting by Vor-stellen.

Vor-stellen

Armature For A Painting

Feral Child

Next up on Feral Child, sees not only a second ever release from New Zealand based VOR-STELLEN but a teaming up with one of label head dom’s favourite ever labels, the mighty Flying Nun.

Despite some patchy European distribution the first VS release “Parallelograms”, was a constant player at FC HQ; 4 superb tracks of super laid back, kraut flavoured slow burners, (lead track “Voyager” especially, comes hugely recommended with its accompanying film clip), so when the band OK’d a second release for Feral Child, we were stoked.

Vor-stellen is the experimental project of Brendan Moran, which blends fixated guitars and drums with ad-hoc electronic layers producing perforated waves of sustain which echoes off the fourth wall. Brendan has released work previously as part of avoid!avoid (their album “Particle and Wave” was released by Flying Nun in 2016) and The Subliminals, of which Flying Nun re-released -in 2021- a vinyl edition of their highly acclaimed album “United State”.

With Vor-stellen he picks up where those other projects have left off as a foray into 'kraut' inspired compositions “which seek to transform pre-determined ideas of music into open-ended sound objects, untethered from any sense of conventional outcomes”.

On this, second VS record, he teams up with his Subliminal buddies once again to continue on an exploration, “folding the weird and the eerie into a dark ecology of long-sound via indefatigable environments of modulation and improvisation, creating sonic counterpoints that hinge on a reanimation of musical gestures”.

The record features two side long slow builders and are released in a beautiful Brendan Moran designed sleeve.

TRACK LISTING

1. Eternal Return Of The Transitional Organ
2. Grendel

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Cover of Under Neon Stars by Cloud Canyons / Studio Kosmische.

Cloud Canyons / Studio Kosmische

Under Neon Stars

Feral Child

Feral Child’s 50th release is an absolute gem; housed in a beautiful 70s styled disco bag- it sees a 12” collaboration between longterm label favourites, Studio Kosmische from the UK and Cloud Canyons from Italy.

A killer double A side featuring a reworking by SK of “Under Neon Stars” (from Cloud Canyons’ great 2023 debut album “Dreaming Of Horses Running In Circles”) which adds to the original versions’ relentless motorik pulse, by adding a few parts and alchemically blending the original elements of the song; the slowbuilding ethereal female vocals, the multilayers of monophonic analogue synths- moulding a shrouding and lilting veil on the 9 minute long original.

Side B features a brand new track, “Black Fruit”, which also sprung from the creative dialogue between the two bands and also clocks in at around 9 minutes, side-long. Born as an instrumental piece by Studio Kosmische, “Black Fruit” developed into a full song thanks to the vocal additions by Michelle Cristofori, Laura Storchi and Stella Baraldi (Cloud Canyons’ singers) and a rich yet minimalistic array of instrumental parts by Studio Kosmische’s Dom Keen, who ingeniously shaped the keys harmonies and rhythmic textures around the vocal lines.

Accomplished by some subtle electronic treatment by Cloud Canyons’ Nicola Caleffi, “Black Fruit” ideally complements “Under Neon Stars” as a two-sided creature, hanging somewhere between krautrock and electronica.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: Lysergic, cosmic wooze from the brilliant Studio Kosmische (Dom Keen) & Cloud Canyons. Both sides are longform pieces that are rich in the cosmic tradition but employ various levels of momentum. While 'Under Neon Stars' glows with psychedelic imagery and motorik prog atmospheres, 'Black Fruit' effortlessly brings in a beautiful haunted female vocal for a sparkling disco-adjacent swing. Another banging outing for the ever-reliable Feral Child.

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Cover of Split LP by Phantom Horse / Innercity.

Phantom Horse / Innercity

Split LP

Feral Child

Following the label’s 9 minute sell out of it’s recent Mark E. Smith BBC “football results” lathe cut, Feral Child return with a cracker.

A split LP featuring two of mainland Europe’s finest experimental electronic artists, Germans PHANTOM HORSE and Belgiums’ INNERCITY. 2 side long epics of rich exploratory, kraut tinged Electronica.

Phantom Horse offer up “Pink Star”, a side long slowburner (with production by Kohn’s Jurgen de Blonde) built around opening drones and sporadic kosmische themed synth flourishes. We’ll mention Cluster again in a moment, but this has its head pointed firmly towards the legendary work of Moebius and Roedelius. A lovely track, kinda cleaner and more sonically polished than it’s flip, but that juxtaposition increases the records’ appeal here.

For these ears, it’s Innercity’s epic “Ali” that steals the show here and is easily worth the proverbial price of admission on this one. A monumental, moody, side long piece of lo-fi drum machine enthused electronica recalling some imaginary dream collision of the very finest Conrad Schnitzler flavoured K/Cluster or first 2 LP Kraftwerk with latter day industrial, electronic pioneers of our own, early Cabs, Clock DVA, Throbbing Gristle, Robert Rental et al. Just magnificent and we don’t say “hike it right up” lightly….

Label head Dom has long had Hans Dens -and his Innercity project- pencilled in for releases on his previous labels Deep Distance and Polytechnic Youth which -for one reason or other- never materialized but their coming together here is exquisite and the track is a monster, my “new” track of the year thus far; talk about it being worth the wait….

A lovely record, in a limited one time pressing on vinyl through North London’s homespun Feral Child label.

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Reduced Cover of Demon Stations by James Toth.

James Toth

Demon Stations

Feral Child

Next full length up on Feral Child sees a welcome reunion for both label and artist; having teamed up lots in the past, JAMES TOTH and label head Dom, join forces for another beauty.

This time round, 11 previously (and mostly- certainly in these forms) unreleased home recordings and demos from a 10 year period between 2012 and 2022. Titled “Demon Stations”, it’s a beautifully seamless collection, mercifully saved from the relative oblivion of bandcamp / digital only demos and released on vinyl.

Many of course know James best from his Wooden Wand moniker, alongside his work with the likes of Michael Gira and Thurston Moore etc, then one would hope last years’ “Birthday Blues” 33 artist tribute / comp covering songs from various points of James’ career (feat Meg Baird, Lee Ranaldo, Six Organs of Admittance amongst others) will only have raised his star further….

On this collection, James says ““Demon Stations” is a compilation of songs from five different digital-only demo collections I released on Bandcamp between 2021 and 2023. I relied on the ears and judgment of my old friend Dom to curate this comp, allowing him to choose his favorites from over 60 songs. While I might have chosen an entirely different batch of tunes, I was happy to defer to Dom, as I’ve never had much perspective when it comes to assessing my own material.

All of the songs were recorded at home, mostly on the same day they were written. Most are first takes, intended to provide a template for a theoretical band to follow if and when the songs were to be re-recorded “properly” at a later date. A few have since been re-recorded for studio records, and a few others remain in contention for future studio records.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: An evocative, beautifully performed selection of minimal acoustic guitar and vocals, reminiscent of traditional country music, but lightened with Toth's wry lyrical direction and light touch on the guitar. It's as ever, another brilliant release from Dom PY / Feral Child and further shows his dedication to the musical cause.

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Cover of Blazing Worlds by Blazing Worlds.

Blazing Worlds

Blazing Worlds

Feral Child

Next up on Feral Child sees the fabulous collaboration between Justin Wright (Expo 70) and Grant Corum (Million Brazilians, Timelash, Psychic Sounds Ensemble) BLAZING WORLDS.

The duo’s self-titled full length was recorded during a week long Midwest summer scorcher, and expands and contracts with six heavily hallucinatory movements that only hellishly humid nights could induce. One that seasoned sonic psychonauts Justin Wright and Grant Corum could venture to manifest a deep phantasmagoric excursion through brilliant atmospheres in a seamless collection.

The material on Blazing Worlds harkens back to Wright’s synth-driven ’Sorcerer of Sound’ full of cosmic tones and other worldliness aura, in tandem with Corum’s bent woodwind work and extraterrestrial sounding samples. Where this is certainly a departure from some of their previous work, the two seem to find equal navigation through their evolving compositions morphing into a singular melting chthonic mass, giving the listener an open-ended impression of mesmerizingly vast sonic topographies all gleaming with moments of both glimpses of gorgeousness and the grotesque.

“Blazing Worlds” provides a wonderful, seamless spin from initial blast to the last. There are lots of strange instrumental textures and propellant pulsations, all pretty much within the confines of modernist electronic invention, and the whole shimmers with a very unusual kind of lambency, while still sounding deceptively discernible. While it can often seem tricky to keep up with Wright and Corum’s many releases and style shifts, it is constantly rewarding and this is another fine addition to their oeuvre.

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Cover of Higher Resolution by Tomorrow Syndicate.

Tomorrow Syndicate

Higher Resolution

Feral Child

Next up on Feral Child sees the long-awaited return of the mighty TOMORROW SYNDICATE. The Glaswegians release their first new material since 2020 (on label head Dom’s previous label Polytechnic Youth) and it’s an absolute beauty with which to mark their return. Their sci-fi / synth pop groove is more than evident over the 5 extended pieces here and the band themselves feel that “Higher Resolution’ captures their sound in “full definition”.

Recorded and produced in the second half of 2022 by Andy Miller, the LP provides a detailed introspective of the trio during the process of rebuilding the group and engaging a new trajectory for its future. “Built from a series of panoramic song structures, the release picks up where the band left off but with a sharpened focus on finding expansive territory for their sound. ‘Higher Resolution’ is the bands full document of re-encountering their music and reprogramming their sonic identity within their DIY audio/visual universe.”


STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: One of my favourite synth artists, and one of my favourite beers (Overtone brewery) together as one! Now we might not have the beer, (though i'll definitely try and track one down) but you absolutely can get involved in the futuristic shoegaze-krautrock post-rock mashup that TS do so impeccably. Higher resolution is a bright, beautiful record full of hope and joy. Exactly what we need.

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Cover of Medium Interstellar by Kosmik Sun.

Kosmik Sun

Medium Interstellar

Feral Child

Kosmik Sun sees the return of Nordenham, Germany based Eugen Kohl, with a side project to his acclaimed Crypt Witch project, whose LPs flew out instantly on Feral Child sister label Deep Distance a couple of years ago.

Alongside Crypt Witch, the band features members of Coven Spell and Devil Leaf, and their debut here is a mesmerizing full length that takes its listeners on a hypnotic journey through the cosmos with its slow, hypnotic riffs and intergalactic soundscapes. Three epic, intensely deep stoner / psych cuts heavy on interstellar trips and hypnotic doom. The LP features beautiful sleeve artwork by DunkleStille. "Medium Interstellar" is a must-have for fans of slow, mesmerizing doom psych / metal and marks them as a name to watch out for with future releases planned….

A limited vinyl only LP on tasty oceanic blue splatter wax with Feral Child insert and wrapped up in cool screened FC outer PVCs…..

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Cover of Good Views Near North by Magic Arm.

Magic Arm

Good Views Near North

Feral Child

A beautiful comeback record of sorts for Marc Rigelsford’s MAGIC ARM project. The 45 is a taster for his own privately released, and utterly fabulous “Dance Mania” full length, currently available via his bandcamp page.

Recorded in isolation in a former whiskey distillery, “Dance Mania” is “Magic Arm whittling and distilling sound down to pure forms, a collage of songs, mood pieces, drones, found sounds and stirring instrumental passages”. The two tracks here are lifted from the album, with its A side, the majestic “Good Views Near North” having already attained 6music airplay.

The songs’ treated piano opening offers no hint to the beautifully incessant, kinda’ motorik groove that then takes over- wonderfully skewed and quite otherworldly perhaps. The groove then changes tack again as it closes with cellos and strings aiding further it’s general ‘out there’ mood. It’s a beautiful piece and by releasing it on 45, one would hope to push Marc’s music out a wee bit further, certainly it’s a thrill for Feral Child to release it and it’s flip, the more electronic, and equally fabulous “432” is just great too.

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Cover of Space And Time: A Compendium Of The Orange Alabaster Mushroom by The Orange Alabaster Mushroom.

The Orange Alabaster Mushroom

Space And Time: A Compendium Of The Orange Alabaster Mushroom

Feral Child

Having been mooted for a number of years now, it’s the enigmatic new London label ‘Feral Child’ that has the honour of reissuing this revered psych classic, initially issued on the Earworm label in 2000 - with original vinyl copies now reaching £75 upwards online.

The OAM revolves around the studio (bedroom / D.I.Y?) genius of Ontario based Greg Watson, who’s killer musicianship and ear for that authentic Nuggets era sound has arguably never been bettered in the last two decades. Recommended for absolutely everyone into Syd era Floyd, The Seeds, Chocolate Watchband, The Prunes et al. Every track here just bathes in that fried out, oilwheel 60s feel we all adore; Hammonds, Farfisas and FUZZ figure in equal abundance….

It seems crazy that it’s taken so long to reissue this treasured collection. But ‘Feral Child’ have somehow pulled it off. The label that brought you a dubious reissue of the Clothilde/Delphine French Girl / Psych Pop 45s, alongside Pete Astor singles, a recent New Lines LP, yet somehow - indeed, seek pleasure from - exist without any net presence or even contact point.

They also release the imminent debut LP from SNAILS, the new Psych Pop outfit outta’ Bristol, beloved by the likes of Stephen Pastel and having attained 6Music plays aplenty. More on that elsewhere, but The OAM here is dressed up in suitably psych sleeve, coloured wax and in a pressing of 500. 

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