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Marcus Hamblett

Review: Marcus Hamblett - Concrete

Hamblett’s guitar playing is like a spontaneous vocal monologue. Some of the pacier fretwork mimics exclamatory rushes of speech, while the moments of hesitance see Hamblett scrambling for the appropriate phrasing for a strange and striking thought. The sudden dissonances of “Augmented” add jaunts of contradiction and abrupt verbal
By Jack Chuter Jan 28, 2016
Live: Matana Roberts + Eric Chenaux + Marcus Hamblett @ The Prince Albert in Brighton, 07/10/2015

Live: Matana Roberts + Eric Chenaux + Marcus Hamblett @ The Prince Albert in Brighton, 07/10/2015

As I watch drummer Thomas Heather, I’m instantly reminded of a goat tumbling down a mountainside. Limbs in apparent disarray, with the rhythm – a flurry of improvisation and toppling snare delays – miraculously staying upright. Guitarist Marcus Hamblett decks the surface of the beats with a series of sunbeams, warm
By Jack Chuter Oct 21, 2015

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