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Ben McElroy, Elkwort, (Vinyl (200 Limited Edition / hand numbered), CD (150 Limited Edition / hand-numbered & sealed), Digital album), laaps 043, laaps, 2025

New Year’s resolutions are notoriously difficult to keep; most don’t last through Easter.  In like manner, many artists have tackled year-long projects over the years, with varying degrees of success.  Those who have seen it through include Wixel (an EP a month), Lullatone (a track a week), and the still-unfolding two-year Ceremonial County series from Folklore Tapes. We expect that Ben…

Ben McElroy ~ How I Learnt To Disengage From The Pack

The Slow Music Movement Label plunges into winter with an album suited to its theme.  The Irish folk of multi-instrumentalist Ben McElroy seems to have been snatched from time, composed for a harvest festival or a mild day in the midst of January.  The beguiling cover portrays a Kern Baby, constructed in 1901 to celebrate the fact that the harvest had been healthy enough to sustain the town over…

Ben McElroy ~ Home Diaries 028 / Whitelabrecs CDs Return!

This weekend, England’s Whitelabrecs released an astonishing seven EPs and albums ~ the final five of the Home Diaries series, followed by new CDs from Jens Pauly and Pruski.  This is a real sign of recovery, as the village post offices have opened again, and business, although not “back to normal,” can return to something resembling normalcy.

Most ambient music is slow, and the label began the H…

Nottingham’s multi-disciplinary Ben McElroy has been coming on strong in recent months, with a pair of short, enchanting EPs followed by an alluring album.  We were drawn in by the cover, but once we heard the music, we realized that this was his finest offering to date. McElroy has been building to this moment for quite some time, and tendrils of the current release can be gleaned in the…