Superball Music

Despite the fact that this is already their fourth album, I had never heard of this band before.  They come from Madrid – Spain.  It seems they have a fan base in Spain, and they have played most, if not all of the major Spanish festivals.

In late 2004, three Scots fresh out of school in their native town of Airdrie (a satellite town of Glasgow, situated some 19 km East from that metropolis' center) decided that they wanted to travel the world in places where one would not ordinarily go...and their music would be the vehicle which would help them achieve that goal! That trio would eventually grow into the sextet it is today, with members who have roots in South Africa, Canada and the US, but all based in that same small neighborhood of the globe.

I first came across this Sheffield based British band thanks to the release of their 4^th full-length album We Were Exploding Anyway (for which a review, including a lengthy history-of-the-band, by yours truly was posted on 17/05/2010 – find it in the website's “Archive” section to satisfy your detail-seeking curiosity), bombarded the album into my year-lists, and even went out to the local record store to get a vinyl copy of the album (which has remained un-opened in its cellophane wrapping to date), and vowed a solemn oath to follow up on the band, even get myself its o

Germany’s quartet LDC’s latest 8-track offering reveals a band whose stoner rock vibes and post rock licks work in conjunction to righteously kick you in the but. A veritable potpourri of great songs and a great overall sound is what The Flood Inside offers. The epic sweep of nearly every track envelopes the listener into swirling maelstroms of emotions. The guitars are solid, the leads expressive. The band employs various technical elements and creative songwriting to make their songs stand out from the morass that passes for post rock these days.