English musician Pete Barnes takes his post-rock project Thistle Sifter on the road again, promoting the Forever The Optimist album: "He has a knack for creating soundscapes that are wrapped in neo-classical textures, some of them quite abstract (Weightless), but also going into Depeche Mode meets Mogwai (One Fleeting Glance). The softly tinkling Endling is covered in hiss, from which the choice synth notes can escape to a supposedly better place. Barnes has plenty of reason to be seriously worried, but all is not lost as he wraps up his statement with the soft-spoken title track. It would help if people stopped being so greedy and stupid though. Only then the Anthropocene can become an era that does not end in destruction".
Live dates:- 09/03 ACU, Utrecht, The Netherlands
(supporting Wyatt E.) - 09/19 De Cacaofabriek, Helmond, The Netherlands
(supporting The Tangent) - 10/15 Secret Show, Offenbach, Germany
- 10/16 Post-Rock Fest, Prague, Czech Republic
- 10/17 Secret Show, Leipzig, Germany
HCTF review of Forever The Optimist
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