McG's Backroom - In Conversation with Andy D of Carlton Melton
McG's Backroom - In Conversation with Andy D of Carlton Melton

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McG's Backroom - In Conversation with Andy D of Carlton Melton -

Backroom favorites Carlton Melton released their latest full length, Where This Leads, on Agitated Records on October 30, 2020. Drummer / guitarist Andy Duvall joins the show to discuss the album, his earliest band The Flems (in which he played a toolbox!), and how the band works in the studio. Andy also spins some tunes from his favorite punk and weird music groups from the ‘80s in between tracks from Carlton Melton’s fine new album.

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The Quietus reviews Carlton Melton 'where this leads'
The Quietus reviews Carlton Melton 'where this leads'

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The Quietus reviews Carlton Melton ‘where this leads’ -

Despite those very long pieces, it is these more romantic tracks that define Where This Leads, ensuring the album possesses its own distinct character. And this is important, as it often feels like Carlton Melton’s back catalogue, with its emphasis on noise and ambience, can blend into one. Noise, however, is hardly neglected here: both ‘Waylay’ and ‘Three Zero Two’ are crunching, threatening cacophonies of Hawkwind-inspired racket. At 70 minutes long, Carlton Melton, typically, make no concession to brevity, yet Where This Leads’s variety and its balance make this a consistently fascinating beast. - barnaby smith

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[sic] Magazine reviews ‘where this leads’..
[sic] Magazine reviews ‘where this leads’..

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[sic] Magazine reviews ‘where this leads’..

Aside from inevitable big “Closer”, its needling motorik tick driving a warp-drive deployment force to slash and burn all before it with white-hot guitar and strangled space-rock scan, all else fades away. There’s no over reliance on shapeless atmosphere this time around though, these horizontal day-dreams treated to the sort of sun-dappled textures that Ripley Johnson has made his calling card, the most surprising of the bunch, the stand-out “Dezebelle”, bathing in buzzed-out piano. With this sort of curve ball, Where This Leads should really be subtitled Nobody Knows, the album as a whole a strong foot forward to the exciting unknown.

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