"Bringing to mind Glenn Branca's guitar ensemble compositions, Sonic Youth's late 1990s feedback-laden SYR EP series and countless bedroom ambient glitch records, mockba 1980 is an almost futile exercise in patience. There's nothing of interest here to anyone who's looking for even a modicum of conventional structure. As soundscapes, however, they are endlessly fascinating . . . . sustained listening reveals little change and no enlightenment, this is the ultimate accomplishment: the creation of a record as devoid of substance as it is full of potential." Andrew Mall (Splendid magazine)