Opener “We Don’t Belong” sounds like a crushing break-up song, given its moody lyrics (“You’re pulling me close to you every time I turn to go”), but it’s about the alienation wrought by technological advancement. After a few minutes of drum-machine battery, it careens toward a red alert: That siren wail—the song’s devastating pinnacle—could be a rallying call for computer slaves to unshackle themselves and break shit. This is probably one to see live. Track No. 2, “Revival,” is far from a comedown. Industrial-tinged and doused in distortion, it roars without baring its claws. What… read more
Opener “We Don’t Belong” sounds like a crushing break-up song, given its moody lyrics (“You’re pulling me close to you every time I turn to go”), but… read more
Opener “We Don’t Belong” sounds like a crushing break-up song, given its moody lyrics (“You’re pulling me close to you every time I turn to go”), but it’s about the alienation wrought by… read more
Screen Vinyl Image blend electronica and psychedelia creating intense sonic soundscapes. Swarming with heavy samples, Blade Runner era synths, and echoed guitars and vocals, the music here is ever expanding atop an array of beats ranging from the darkest moments of Suicide & The Jesus and Mary Chain to the deep grooves of early Hank Shocklee productions, dub, and Can era kraut. Peeling back the surface of layers reveals influences in horror/sci fi cinema, early House, Italo and techno sounds, and classic John Carpenter epics. SVI has played with Ceremony., Ulrich Schnauss, Aubu…read more
Screen Vinyl Image blend electronica and psychedelia creating intense sonic soundscapes. Swarming with heavy samples, Blade Runner era synths, and echoed guitars and vocals, the music here … read more
Screen Vinyl Image blend electronica and psychedelia creating intense sonic soundscapes. Swarming with heavy samples, Blade Runner era synths, and echoed guitars and vocals, the music here is ever expanding atop an array of beats rangi… read more