Rounding off the reviews of the On One of These Bends LP (it came out almost a year ago) is Bright Sparks from Ed Pinsent at the Sound Projector magazine. Well worth waiting for...
...These Bends mostly comprises short and mysterious instrumentals, songs, and structured arrangements that any professional film scoring person should marvel at. The press notes here liken this music to Nino Rota and Henry Mancini, but might I also suggest John Carpenter’s 1980s soundtracks and, at times, the sheer audacity and cheek of Morricone at his finest is also evoked. A bold claim perhaps, but Sanderson is executing some bold music coups here. So far I’ve got a mental checklist that starts with “the best lost Library LP ever” and includes Eno, the Radiophonic Workshop, Cold Wave, and Cluster along the way. Though it’s an elusive, subjective thing, I say that Sanderson does the “Radiophonic thing” far better than any of the recent imitators (Ghost Box, A Year In The Country) and does it without even needing to exert himself...
Read the whole review here.
Read the whole review here.
