Bella Union Schallplatten & CDs

Review: After a decade-long hiatus, The Dirty Three return with their latest album, Love Changes Everything, marking their triumphant resurgence into the indie music scene. The album's opening track 'Love Changes Everything I' sets the stage with a furious storm of Warren Ellis' viola, Mick Turner's guitar and Jim White's drums, showcasing the band's raw energy and signature sound. Throughout the album, The Dirty Three navigate through various sonic landscapes, from ambient textures to raucous distortions, all while maintaining their distinct musical identity. The trio's chemistry remains palpable as they effortlessly weave through loops and transcendent moments, demonstrating a renewed sense of creativity and exploration. With over two decades of experience and collaboration with esteemed artists, The Dirty Three's latest offering shows their enduring artistry and unwavering dedication to their craft.

Review: Fans of Explosions In The Sky no doubt read the band's new album title with a degree of trepidation. Would this be the grand finale it has always felt like the outfit were gearing up for? Hopefully not, but nevertheless it certainly has the power of a magnum opus. "Every song comes from a story, or an idea one of us has had that we've all expanded on and made its own world," the group say of the new LP. "Our starting point [here] was the concept of an ending - death." If that sounds bleak then it might be worth reconsidering attitudes towards endings. Rather than wallowing, Explosions In the Sky do what they have always done so well here, but perhaps even better than before. Monumentally-sized operatic rock music highly influenced by classical, grand enough to see your entire life pass before the mind's eye as the keys, refrains and bombastic melodies unfold, reminding us that while nothing last forever, it was probably a blessing to be here in the first place.

Review: Returning with their first full-length in seven long arduous years, Texan post-rock pioneers Explosions In The Sky rediscover their purpose and poise on eighth full-length End. Following on from 2016's The Wilderness, which toyed with ambient segues and electronic moments of respite to compartmentalise the epic song-structures, this latest batch of material opts to eschew many of these meanderings in order to prioritise their bombastic, emotive, swelling spectacles with little in the way of sonic dressing. Mercurial, thoughtfully paced and potently cathartic, the work serves as a revitalised and transient embracing of classic post-rock motifs, crafted by some of the very hands that initially begat the forms.