Loop - Sonancy

Released 25th March 2022.

Style wise, its incredibly different, going back to thinking about guitars and guitar sounds. Obviously you have to take into consideration things like percussive elements such as drums, which I havent been using in my other projects; but this is the mind set that makes up Loop.

So says Robert Hampson, the indefatigable visionary behind inspirational sonic architects Loop, whose eagerly anticipated fourth LP Sonancy (Latin for to create noise) is the perfect document for these strange times. Dynamic, dystopian, righteously angry and unashamedly Loop-ian, its an album that marks a vital re-emergence for Hampson and co.

Formed in South London in the mid-1980s, Loop blazed a trail with their potent mix of motorik beats and heavy guitar riffs, recording a trio of brilliant albums that set the indie charts alight before imploding in 1990 after the release of album number three, A Gilded Eternity. As crit