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Dazzle Ships (deluxe)
Electronic · 2023

Dazzle Ships (deluxe)

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

March 30, 2023 · Virgin

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Dazzle Ships is the sound of a band intentionally dismantling their pop stardom to document the anxiety of a world on the brink.

It feels like sitting in a darkened bunker, tuning a radio dial through layers of interference to find a human voice. The album balances moments of crystalline beauty, those signature OMD synth hooks, with jarring concrete music experiments that use the sounds of the 20th century as instruments. It is a record that demands patience and rewards it with a deep, haunting resonance.

Moments Worth Listening For
the transition from the chaotic radio noise of ABC Auto-Industry into the heartbreakingly pure synth melody of Genetic Engineering
the haunting, slowed-down vocal loops in Time Zones that create a disorienting sense of global temporal displacement
the moment the propulsive, metallic drum machine pattern kicks in on Silent Running, grounding the ethereal synth textures
the eerie silence following the final beep of 667, leaving only the ghost of a transmission in the room
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 Dazzle Ships (deluxe) sound next to the rest of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark's catalogue?

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Political+4.0σ

The writing leans far further into political than the rest of the catalogue.

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