Brand new studio album by Chicago-based electronic quintet! With the recent first video/single “Carmena Saturna”, they gave a first glimpse into this much anticipated new album, but also proved once again that only they were able to release such catchy mind-infecting vocal lines! The album’s explosive, punk-influenced opener “Human”, has frontwoman Brittany Bindrim asking, “Does this make us human?”: a fitting initial question when you consider the band’s new sound - a deep studio exploration that favours organic instrumentation over programmed sounds. Next to the hard-hitting groves of ‘Boxing Glove’, ‘Nothing but Recordings’ features a post-punk / new-wave vibe never heard from the band before - piano gives way to synthesizer which, in turn, gives way to driving bass, fuzzed guitars, and distorted rhythms... But the band still flexes its industrial-rock muscle, as on ‘DFTD (Between the Devils)’ and ‘Island’. The album closer is the title track, ‘Swayed’, which clocks in at eleven minutes. It is the ultimate apocalyptic punctuation mark for the record. The five band members fire on all cylinders on this odd, yet amazingly impactful, musical journey: tribal rhythms, shoegaze fuzz with soaring vocals, abstract electronics, and one of the heaviest endings you’ll ever hear.
Released Late September 2018 by Alfa Matrix.
Track Listing:
01. Human
02. Carmena Saturna
03. Boxing Glove
04. Mercy Screams
05. DFTD (Between the Devils)
06. Nothing but Recordings
07. Pieces
08. Island
09. Seaglass
10. Swayed
English