Reviews
Observer: Boy Harsher & Distortion Six
Closing out the week with capsule reviews of new material by Boy Harsher and Distortion Six.
Legend, “Midnight Champion”
The long-awaited sophomore album from Iceland’s Legend shifts the band into an electronic rock milieu.
mind.in.a.box, “Broken Legacies”
mind.in.a.box add a melancholy chapter to their ongoing cyberpunk saga.
Encephalon, “We Only Love You When You’re Dead”
Ottawa’s Encephalon return with an electro-industrial rock opera about celebrity, death and rebirth.
Whiteqube, “The Return”
Mutant electro act Whiteqube return with new music in the form of their first ever LP.
Observer: Mala Herba & Displacer
Considering brief but affecting releases from Mala Herba and Displacer.
Cyanotic, “Tech Noir”
Cyanotic’s fourth LP drapes an old school sound in new school programming and production.
Analfabetism, “Skammen”
The horror of repetition is brought to bear on the third LP from Fredrik Djurfelt’s Analfabetism.
Observer: Feral Body & Klack
We take a turn through EP city with new releases from Feral Body and Klack!
Replicas: Soviet, “We Are Eyes, We Are Builders”
The still-underrated synthpop debut of Soviet gets a thorough tune-up and re-presentation.
Slighter, “Erode”
The 5th Slighter LP uses extensive sound design and deep grooves to draw the listner into it’s new school machine rock.
Observer: bvdub & raison d’être + Troum
Drones and echoes abound on new releases by bvdub and raison d’être & Troum.
