Brad Rose (aka The North Sea) is probably the last person you’d expect to see at the helm of a pop album. A folk record – maybe, a noise record – sure, but pop? Probably not. Yet that’s exactly what he and his wife Eden Hemming have done with "Mechanical Gardens". The Altar Eagle sound might not come as much of a shock for those cassette collectors who have managed to source copies of the duo’s now rare debut EPs, but for the rest of the world it should serve as a radical change in direction for one of experimental music’s most valuable sons. The ear-splitting noise that … read more
Brad Rose (aka The North Sea) is probably the last person you’d expect to see at the helm of a pop album. A folk record – maybe, a noise record – sur… read more
Brad Rose (aka The North Sea) is probably the last person you’d expect to see at the helm of a pop album. A folk record – maybe, a noise record – sure, but pop? Probably not. Yet that’s … read more
Altar Eagle finds itself nestled somewhere between the icy drum machine pop of Cold Cave, the kosmische refractions of Emeralds and the classic layered shoegaze of Slowdive and My Bloody Valentine. Eden Hemming and Brad Rose have previously made music together as Corsican Paintbrush, before changing their name and style on a pair of sought-after cassettes absorbing darkwave pop genius and the 1st wave techno moods of Juan Atkins. With a heavy heart and distorted touch, they've drafted a deeply affected sound where vocals are typically half-heard and happy to be so, while an ong… read more
Altar Eagle finds itself nestled somewhere between the icy drum machine pop of Cold Cave, the kosmische refractions of Emeralds and the classic layered shoegaze of Slowdive and My Bloody Va…read more
Altar Eagle finds itself nestled somewhere between the icy drum machine pop of Cold Cave, the kosmische refractions of Emeralds and the classic layered shoegaze of Slowdive and My Bloody Valentine. Eden Hemming and Brad Rose have previ… read more