Over the past two decades The Renderers have crafted albums of intimate psychedelia infused with Americana and noise. A Rocket Into Nothing is another extraordinary display of Brian and Maryrose Crook’s talent as songwriters and sound sculptors. The Renderers are still as essential a piece of the diverse New Zealand indie rock puzzle as they were on their first Flying Nun album.
Twenty years into most careers bands lose the edge of their earlier work, but The Renderers have continued to make music as exciting as when they had just begun. A Rocket Into Nothing sounds like it was created by people who create music not because they can, but because something inside compels them to keep going, no matter what.