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A cold, beautiful pivot into modular synthesis, ambient isolation, and glitchy electronic beats. The sound of modern alienation captured on tape.
A cold, beautiful pivot into modular synthesis, ambient isolation, and glitchy electronic beats. The sound of modern alienation captured on tape.
Radical electronic departure
An icy, digital stillness replaces the band's signature guitar-driven rock, stripping away traditional warmth for the hum of synthesizers, skittering drum machines, and processed vocals. The five-piece largely abandons their instruments to construct a sterile, beautiful sanctuary out of technological dread, using the eerie sweep of the ondes Martenot and warm Rhodes piano to anchor their new, electronic-influenced landscapes. It is a radical, insular pivot that captures the disorienting sensation of standing frozen in a fast-moving, alien world.
The vocals lean far further into processed than the rest of the catalogue.
Critics were largely positive, with a few more measured assessments.
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