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Dec 12, 2016Wilder and stranger than Anika's previous work, Exploded View is an unpredictable ride that suggests listeners should follow wherever she beckons.
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Aug 29, 2016This is an ideal sign off for a band trying to showcase their own new sound; not overpowering, but a sharp, pointed and intriguing tune that will still be resounding after the track has finished.
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Aug 25, 2016This crew has figured out how to make it work as a quartet.
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Aug 24, 2016Exploded View is the type of album that seeps into your soul. Consciously designed or not, it exposes various unpalatable truths about the way we live now and turns them into frightening, spellbinding music.
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Aug 18, 2016Whether it’s a one-off project or a fleeting affair for all parties involved remains to be seen, though for the time being, the band’s gift for impromptu creativity has served them well.
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Aug 12, 2016Messy, discordant, and beholden to the serrated edge, there’s nonetheless a seam of verisimilitude in the execution.
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UncutAug 12, 2016Their debut is squeaky-door dub that offers unexpectedly plentiful tunes. [Sep 2016, p.73]
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Aug 19, 2016Exploded View is something troubled, and in its consistency does it succeed in showing itself as such.
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Q MagazineAug 12, 2016What holds it all together is Henderson's blank, uninflected vocals, though the resulting ambience couldn't be more self-consciously avant-garde if the album came packaged with wrap-around shades and a copy of White Light/White Heat.[Sep 2016, p.106]
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Aug 12, 2016Sadly, Exploded View’s admirable commitment to spontaneity has resulted in a muggily-recorded LP which fails to match the usual high-quality post-punk output of the esteemed Sacred Bones label.