“HMLTD bring their ambitious vision to life on The Worm”
“A parasitic giant worm has emerged from the ground and is in the process of devouring England, turning the country into a feudal nightmare. This is the admirably mad concept behind the second record from London-based art rock quartet HMLTD. After West of Eden, their synth-infused 2020 debut, The Worm – much like the mythical beast of its title – is a gargantuan effort, spanning everything from fre”
“In his so-surreal-it’s-actually-real 1989 book Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the 20th Century, America’s premier music journalist and cultural critic Greil Marcus posed the question of whether “the Sex Pistols could be considered a historic event”? Well, some thirty years later, one wonders whether “HMLTD could be considered a historic non-event”? In their frenzied rise to indie notoriety ”
“The songwriting and performances on The Worm are kind of an iffy foundation for HMLTD's conceptual and stylistic ambitions.”
