The Cultural Review

Album Review

2 articles

A desolate industrial landscape at twilight with silhouetted figures amidst decaying machinery, evoking a sense of forgotten purpose and lingering echoes.
Music

David Bird's Hinterlands album review: Ambient experiments divide critics

David Bird's new album 'Hinterlands' opens with a sound described by one critic as 'the metallic groan of a forgotten factory floor,' according to The Wire Magazine.

Andre Silva·July 2, 2026
Ben Gibbard at a symbolic crossroads, representing his evolution from melancholic indie rock lyrics to broader themes on the new Death Cab for Cutie album.
Culture

Ben Gibbard breaks out of lyrical jail on new Death Cab album

After two decades defining indie rock melancholy, Ben Gibbard’s latest lyrics for Death Cab for Cutie feature a surprising track about climate change activism on 'The Great Escape,' released last Frid

Eleanor Voss·May 31, 2026