One of a ever-increasing number of solo artists making bedroom DIY music, Lyle Christine is no newcomer to this game.
His seventh solo album in eight years (following a few before that as part of grunge outfit Stigma) is a meandering mix of genres and indeed volumes. Opener ‘Wilting Member’ is a tuneful acoustic workout that careers into a wall of noise.
Rock roots are evident, but old school guitar riffd meld with electronic blips and squawks in what seems at times to be a headlong rush to go off at the next tangent.
As he sings in ‘Safe as Poppies’ “I’d like to place an order / For chaos and disorder”. Sold!
(This review originally appeared in the Sunderland Echo)