Under Wraps

Rock · 1984 · 15 tracks

Under Wraps

A high-speed collision of Cold War spy fiction and 1980s digital technology. Sharp, sequenced, and relentlessly tense synth-rock with a frozen edge.

It's Jethro Tull if they were trapped in a Cold War thriller and replaced their drummer with a computer.

A high-tension, paranoid energy wrapped in a cold, digital sheen.

Under Wraps · vs · Jethro Tull

Anxious+4.0σ

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

Tracklist · 15 Tracks

01

Lap of Luxury

3:36

02

Under Wraps #1

4:03

03

European Legacy

3:23

04

Later, That Same Evening

3:53

05

Saboteur

3:33

06

Radio Free Moscow

3:42

07

Astronomy

3:38

08

Tundra

3:41

09

Nobody’s Car

4:08

10

Heat

5:38

11

Under Wraps #2

2:14

12

Paparazzi

3:48

13

Apogee

5:30

14

Automotive Engineering

4:06

15

General Crossing

4:02

Moments Worth Waiting For

The frantic, machine-gun delivery of the flute lines on 'Lap of Luxury' mimicking the digital percussion.

The sudden shift to acoustic intimacy on 'Under Wraps #2' providing a brief, vulnerable breath of air.

The eerie, desolate synth pads opening 'Tundra' that perfectly evoke a frozen, empty landscape.

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