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Blacklight
Electronic · 2018

Blacklight

The Ting Tings

A stark pivot into minimalist house and techno. Breathy vocals float over steady, subterranean pulses, trading playground chants for late-night urban tension.

October 5, 2018 · Finca Records

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Blacklight represents a total shedding of the neon-splattered, shouty dance-punk skin that defined The Ting Tings' early career. In its place is a sleek, monochromatic electronic pulse that feels more at home in a Berlin basement than on a festival main stage. The energy is restrained and hypnotic, trading jagged guitar riffs for steady drum machine patterns and modular synth textures that bubble just beneath the surface. It is the sound of a band finding a new kind of power in silence and repetition.

Moments Worth Listening For
the way the vocal melody dissolves into a rhythmic synth pulse halfway through
the sudden introduction of a dry, clicking percussion loop that cuts through the bass
the bridge where the atmosphere strips back to just a low-frequency hum and a breathy sigh
Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Blacklight sound next to the rest of The Ting Tings's catalogue?

Tense+2.6σ

Tense saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

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