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A Darker Sunset [The Big Chill Recordings, 2008] The Word - "...a woozy wedding of classical, electronica and ambient... a gloriously schizophrenic collection, one minute lazily teasing out notes amid floaty atmospherics, then jack-knifing into a 60's spy thriller set piece, heavy on brass and scratching." |
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Scorching Bay [Black Box, 2005] John L. Walters - The Guardian Friday Review - "John Metcalfe's strings and electronics are impeccable." |
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The Inner Line [Black Box, 2003] Billboard - "... a solo debut that crosses all manner of boundaries. Melding avant-pop and electronica, film music and contemporary classical..." |
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Scratch My back [Virgin, 2010] BBC Music - "... Metcalfe's arrangements are stunning.." The Guardian - "..Metcalfe's arrangements ramp up the drama to operatic heights. Elbow's Mirrorball is voluptuous and moving, while Arcade Fire's My Body Is a Cage could be the showstopper from some apocalyptic musical... Every song sounds like a modern classic - you suspect Gabriel and Metcalfe could make something heartrending out of the Black Eyed Peas' Boom Boom Pow." |
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Constant Filter [Signum, 2010] The Independent - "... a surprising depth of sound and harmonic richness, particularly on the title-track, where echoing wisps of electronic sound flutter around the cello like butterflies; ..." |
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Utopia [Real World, 2010] Gramophone - "... Metcalfe's superb 'The Third Five' a triptych for solo guitar and digital delay, and the sombre, elegiac 'As She Fell', this is music that for the most part eschews complicated musical development in favour of hypnotic cascades of sound and visceral, rhythmically vibrant accretions..." |
A Whole Day Nearer
Nothing More True
Higher, Lighter
Felt, Unseen
Copper Beech
Otama
Constant Filter
Undertow
Echo Valley
As She Fell