Reviews
Youth Code, “Commitment to Complications”
An emotional purge of a record, Youth Code’s second LP brings their influences and demons alike into terrifyingly sharp focus.
Memmaker, “Let There be Lasers”
Arriving 8 years after their debut, the new Memmaker album is cut from the same high-bpm cloth as its predecessor.
Ari Mason, “Creatures”
A restrained but charismatic vocal presence guides Ari Mason’s second LP to a hypnotic state on the darkwave/synthpop border.
Dernière Volonté, “Prie Pour Moi”
French neo-folk gone electropop act Dernière Volonté leans hard on their established sound on this new LP.
Blac Kolor, “Born In Ruins”
Blac Kolor’s sophomore LP shows just how much effect can be wrought from atmospherics in the new techno/EBM hybrid.
Replicas: Hecq, “Night Falls”
We have a listen to remastered reissue of a very dense and luxurious cinematic ambient record from Ben Lukas Boysen’s celebrated catalogue.
SECAM Kino, “Destined Ages”
Gritty rhythmic noise with a surprising amount of nuance from the Los Angeles DIY project.
Synesect, “Blue Rooms”
The versatility of darkwave is exercised well on the first EP from Synesect, the new project featuring Vanessa of The Harrow.
God Destruction, “Redentor”
The third album from Mexico’s God Destruction continues to blend black metal flourishes into the edges of the aggrotech template.
negative_crush, “invisible_weapons”
Tyler Newman (Battery Cage, Informatik) pushes into post-metal territory with a bleak but wonderfully realized solo album.
In Conversation: Iszoloscope, “False Vacuum”
The Senior Staff chews over the return of Iszoloscope, and investigate what’s changed and what remains the same in Yann Faussurier’s celebrated rhythmic noise project.
Analfabetism, “Av Hjord är du Kommen”
Fredrik Djurfelt continues along the rewarding less-traveled road of pure industrial noise with the second Analfabetism LP.
