“We welcome Blackout Transmission onto our radar. . . one of the finest bands to come out of Los Angeles, California recently; a quartet that rocks between alternative rock and shoegaze.
One of the most spectacular debut albums of this year and other recent years. They sound like a light in the dark; a hope in the face of adversity. They sound like so many things that stir the fibers and take sighs. And we rub our hands over what may be the beginning of a promising career.”
Spill Magazine states that “Sleepwalking Again closes the album reflecting upon exhausting, widening income inequality and social movements with a simmer- to-a-boil composition that conjures the more reflective moments of Unwound and early Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.”
Read More“Bright and gleaming at times, warm and meditative at others, Sparse Illumination effectively creates a seamless, lysergic journey filled [that] . . . nails the shimmering, chiming guitar sounds of the 80s Liverpool and Manchester scenes .. with irresistible grooves soothing, ethereal vocals recalling Ian McCulloch at his finest.”
As a full body of work, Echoes & Dust states that “this is above all an album dripping in psych; and while it never reaches the heights of space rock, it delivers an abundance of mesmeric moments that touch the stratosphere. Sparse Illumination it may be, but this soundscape has more than enough candlepower to light up our permanent pandemic twilight.”
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