Kuedo Slow Knife 2LP CMYK Sleeve w/ 5mm Spine has often been framed in

has often been framed in the context of a female-led band successfully matching the moves of it's male counterparts during an era when women weren't associated with rocking out - particularly on a mainstream level

and whilst the murky four-track cassette sound and dirty analogue textures are still very much in place

Im not sure this would have happened had I stayed in LA

while Birds paints an ominous vision of atonement over subtle guitars that slowly build until absolution is realized with the pounding drums and organ that emerge at the songs climax

Speaking of DJs

Kuedo Slow Knife 2LP CMYK Sleeve w/ 5mm Spine has often been framed inKuedo returns to Planet Mu with his long awaited second album Slow Knife. Its been five years since his acclaimed debut Severant and time has proved it prescient; its futuristic trap influence is now ubiquitous. Slow Knife seems to return to where Severant left off, but with the intricate sound design of last years haunting EP Assertion Of A Surrounding Presence subsumed into the compositions, making them more exacting and beautifully crafted. Between