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  • Summary: This is the third release for the British electronic project of John Hannon with Nina Bosnic and Pete Wilkins.
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  1. Jul 29, 2015
    80
    There’s not much in the way of lax to be found here, Liberez are for the time being, geared towards building tension continuously without ever letting go.
  2. The Wire
    Aug 5, 2015
    80
    Their latest effort, All Tense Now Lax, impresses both for the nuances of its industrial abstractions as well as how vigorously it avoids recognisable styles. [Jul 2015, p.48]
  3. Jul 29, 2015
    80
    All Tense Now Lax at times evokes luminaries like Coil or early Current 93, but ultimately exists as its own beast, one that is never predictable, always challenging and achieves that oh-so-rare feat in rock music now: it turns the genre inside out and pulls the remains into a brave new form of noise.
  4. Jul 29, 2015
    80
    All Tense Now Lax, then, is brilliant precisely because of the way it flits disconcertingly between the two extremes presented in its title, between the constant and unrestrained tension of technological progress and the contrasting looseness of our day to day existence alongside it.
  5. Uncut
    Jul 29, 2015
    70
    Throughout All tense Now Lax the trio engage in a deep sensory confusion, with pieces appearing and then disappearing as though you're fleetingly tuning in on their wavelength, divining a moment from endless, shrouded recording sessions. [Sep 2015, p.76]