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May 13, 2026Lavender Networks, Marcloid’s debut for the lauded experimental label Warp, continues to delight in the vivid frictions—in harsh/clean vocals, in timbres and textures that rarely appear in the same song—that have anchored much of her past work.
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The WireJun 16, 2026For all its internal violence, its vandalised sounds, structures and conventions, Lavender Networks has a kind of utopian charge - even if that utopia might be personal to Marcloid. [Jul 2026, p.63]
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Jun 4, 2026While her breakthrough Eternal Home spilled out with messy and unwieldy ideas, this record has a welcome focus, at least in its overall shape. The ideas themselves are as varied as they’ve always been.
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May 13, 2026Lavender Networks almost feels like a successor to Aphex Twin's Come to Daddy because of the way it juxtaposes surreal aggression with a softer, more sensitive side.
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May 13, 2026It’s messy and weird and colourful and completely unhinged, but that doesn’t mean that it’s not beautiful, in its own singular and undeniably innovative manner.
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May 13, 2026Lavender Networks is a step up on the “approachable” scale—even if it still has enough ideas for a dozen albums by a less adventurous artist. It’s a (relatively) digestible, catchy release that seems destined to invite more people into Marcloid’s digital dayglo world.