#somewherecold

We like seasonally appropriate music at ACL – you may have noticed our articles about Summer and Winter music, and if not, may we suggest you take a look at them, at a time that suits? Releasing a record that fits the season plays well with us, so it is pleasing to note that the lead single for SeeUSearching is titled “Autumn,” just in time for the start of that meteorological season. It is a…

Orange Crate Art ~ Contemporary Guitar Music

If there’s a tried and tested technique to attracting a certain kind of music fan to your wares, it’s highlighting the obscure nature of an artist. This approach is applicable in many different scenarios. If you are a reissue label, it’s a positive boon if the album you are reissuing had a limited pressing of 50 copies for friends and family back in 1969. If you are trying to impress your mates…

Tristan Welch ~ Ambient Distress

If there was a phrase to sum up our collective state of mind in the year 2020, ‘ambient distress’ might be the one – especially for the homebound part of the population on the backlines of the pandemic, stranded on the vast psychological battlefield. That permanent undercurrent of distress hanging in the uncertain air, Tristan Welch would not let go unacknowledged. 

From the first menacingly…

2019 – Update

There is so much happening over at the Somewherecold Records’ label and it’s been an exciting, amazing year.

https://somewherecoldrecords.bandcamp.com/

On Friday, Akkad the Orphic Priest: Periapt hit the streets. It’s an amazing electronic piece of art and I HIGHLY recommend you get your copy as they have indeed been moving.

https://akkadtheorphicpriest.bandcamp.com/album/periapt

Next up are the…