Album Review: Nic Nassuet’s Eleutherios

Eleutherios, the latest release from gothic folk artist Nic Nassuet, reminds us not to judge an album by its cover… But then, to judge an album by its cover.  The foreboding picture of a goat-skulled figure surrounded by vultures and human carrion would be at home alongside the album art of a band like Skeletonwitch.… Continue reading Album Review: Nic Nassuet’s Eleutherios

EP Review: Grumsling’s A Church, On a Boat, In the Sea

One of the tags on Grumsling’s bandcamp is “new classic” — and in this case, it’s accurate.  The Oakland indie rock quartet have a Weezer-meets-Grateful-Dead vibe that I’ve never heard before, and I’m intrigued.  A Church, On a Boat, In the Sea, released in March 2015, tells the story of a trickster named (unsurprisingly) The Grumsling.  He… Continue reading EP Review: Grumsling’s A Church, On a Boat, In the Sea