Test Card is back with a new album titled 'Channels' and of course you know that Test Card is the solo project of Lee Nicholson, based in Vancouver, Canada. This is Test Card's fifth album, inspired by Nicholson's love of mid to late 90's experimental, lo-fi, electronic and post-rock music, particularly on 7 inch singles released by legendary DIY labels such as Static Caravan, Ochre, Earworm, Jonathon Whiskey, Awkward Silence, 555 Recordings, Mind Expansion, Enraptured, Active Suspension, Wurlitzer Jukebox, and many more. This album is ten tracks of amiable melodic synth electronica with few exceptions. Rhythm track/percussion is of the drum machine variety, whether an actual drum machine or sampling was employed I do not know. Lots of vintage synthesizer sounds you might remember from the '80s and '90s with some tracks using radio transmission (not broadcast) samples. Within the confines of its musical millieu 'Channels' is made up of a variety of sonic environments sometimes recalling Krautrock and even '60s early psychedelic electronica like 'Zodiac Cosmic Sounds.' This is an album of good feeling and good vibes at a time when we don't get enough of that. Limited, numbered edition of 200 in the usual Sound in Silence handmade packaging.