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Erosion’s ‘Invasive Species’: Two Cent Review

Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags , , , , on 11/09/2025 by Kurt Orzeck

Not a second is wasted on this essential entry into the collection of every fan of heavy music who doesn’t like Disturbed and Korn. With that notion in mind, it’s no surprise that one of the most persnickety-yet-always-correct individuals in this sludgy underworld, Aaron Turner, gave Erosion his sign of approval by putting out Maximum Suffering seven years ago. Invasive Species comes courtesy of Canadian underground grindcore label Mechanized Apparatus Revolt, and boy did they luck out scoring this release. Get it here and thank us later — if your head hasn’t exploded by the time you’re done listening to it. Here’s my full Post-Trash review.

Agriculture’s ‘Spiritual Sound’: Two Cent Review

Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags , on 10/27/2025 by Kurt Orzeck

Agriculture, the self-categorized “ecstatic black metal” outfit, returns with a second album that is called The Spiritual Sound and is just as singular and spectacular as their debut. Read my FLOOD review.

My Morning Jacket’s ‘Z (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)’: Two Cent Review

Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags , on 10/21/2025 by Kurt Orzeck

Remastered and padded out with 14 outtakes and demos, this reissue of My Morning Jacket’s fourth LP, Z, celebrates their breakout moment of glorious, cosmos-reaching rock music. Read my FLOOD review.

Perturbator’s ‘Age of Aquarius’: Two Cent Review

Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags , , , , on 10/21/2025 by Kurt Orzeck

Vocals from Ulver, Alcest and Author & Punisher help James Kent thrust his darksynth project Perturbator into lightspeed as it comes closer than ever to a full-fledged band’s sound on Age of Aquarius. Read my FLOOD review.

Bitchin Bajas’ ‘Inland See’: Two Cent Review

Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags on 10/14/2025 by Kurt Orzeck

This writer’s interpretation of Bitchin Bajas’ Inland See is that, by using wordplay in its title, the essence of the record is a gentle but assured suggestion to look inside yourself, accept who you are—foibles and all—and arrive at a place of acceptance where the sensation is akin to floating, without moving any of your muscles, above a warm and serene body of water. From there, you re-enter the earthly womb and become reborn: not as an entirely new person, but as the person you are and were always meant to be. Don’t you see? Read my review of Bitchin Bajas’ Inland See on Treble.

Irk’s ‘Seeing House’: Two Cent Review

Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags on 10/04/2025 by Kurt Orzeck

Irk are here to remind us of that fact, to pester us with the truth that fear-inducing art forms make us feel alive more than any other varieties. Art can make us laugh, but that reaction quickly dissipates. Art can thrill us, but only the duration of the piece of work ends. Art can make us weep, remind us of what love and sex feel like, but that affecting manipulation ends seconds after the observer of art concludes their experience with it. Read my full review Irk’s Seeing House on Post-Trash.

Igorrr’s ‘Amen’: Two Cent Review

Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags on 10/02/2025 by Kurt Orzeck

Can a musician prove over the course of a single record that he is a genius? In most cases no, but Igorrr’s Amen makes the case that it’s not out of reach for Frenchman Gautier Serre. Read my review via Spectrum Culture.

8 Great Psych LPs From Summer 2025 by SWRM, Zabus, Spaceface, Insomniac

Posted in Album Reviews, Lists, Reviews with tags , , , , , , , on 10/02/2025 by Kurt Orzeck

Albums by SWRM, Zabus, Spaceface, Insomniac, Go Kurosawa, Late Again, Nate Smith and Orsak:Oslo made the cut on my list of great, overlooked psychedelic albums released in summer 2025, in my first quarterly column on the genre for Treble.

Black Heart Procession’s ‘Hearts & Tanks’ EP: Two Cent Review

Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags , on 10/01/2025 by Kurt Orzeck

Although it only contains four songs, Black Heart Procession’s Hearts & Tanks EP captured the essence of the circumspect band. With drummer Joe Plummer (Modest Mouse, Cold War Kids) and accordion player Matt Resovich (The Album Leaf, Mung) in tow, Black Heart Procession crafted and recorded the four songs in 72 hours. That may seem rushed, but as writers will tell you, stream-of-consciousness exercises in which revisions are forbidden often result in works of unadorned honesty. Read my full review on Spectrum Culture.

Titanic’s ‘Hagen’: Two Cent Album Review

Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags on 09/30/2025 by Kurt Orzeck

Titanic wasn’t all that big when it made its debut in October 2023 with Vidrio meekly introduced the project birthed by pianist/guitarist i.la Católica. Something of a cross between a bedroom recording and a hushed session in an after-hours jazz speakeasy, the modest affair featured only three additional guest players, who contributed carefully measured amounts of vocals, cello, saxophone and drums to its eight songs. The follow-up LP, Hagen, does a far better job living up to the Titanic moniker with which Católica christened her project. Read my review on Spectrum Culture.