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After a few posts of random thoughts, here's another "proper" review - nice and early for the February edition of Spill magazine.
Don’t you just hate one-guy-in-a-bedroom projects? Nothing but electronic noodlings from laptop-toting techies. This debut release from Matt Emery’s Malakai, however, actually sounds like the work of a full band. Post-hardcore, but with a sensitive and melodic side often missing from the legions of Glassjaw soundalikes. Without the creative input of some other musicians though, it’s often one-dimensionally samey. Perhaps it’s time to get out of the bedroom, and into the rehearsal studio?