It’s never too early to start planning the following year’s “Most Anticipated” list especially when news comes that an artist responsible for one of our most favorite’s of the previous year is back with what’s sure to be another banger.
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The RIYL section of the press release for Refrigerator from Bikini Death Race mentions Ladytron, Le Tigre, Kap Bambin and Light Aslyum but if you want the whole sonic portrait then you’ve GOT to add The Network, Devo, Wall Of Voodoo, and Shiny Toy Guns in there as well. Does that sound like a lot? Well, it is! But it all works. Especially considering that, despite all those comparisons, Bikini Death Race sound like Bikini Death Race.
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No artist out there today comes close to replicating the magic of early KMFDM classics or Front Line Assembly’s more guitar-driven forays into the Industrial genre. That is, until Rise In Fire by Order Of The Static Temple drops. As an original banger, it owns. As an homage or history lesson for the uninitiated, it’s kind of perfect.
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I love me some Industrial. If we’re being honest, that’s my favorite genre. But Darkwave is a very, VERY close second. And artists like Corlyx really solidify that ranking for me and make me question whether or not I should reconsider my current genre rankings. But let’s face it, in a lot of the cases the biggest difference is the delivery. Industrial has yer heavy guitars while Darkwave relies on sultry synths to convey intent but in each case, the results are potent.
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February 7th is significant not only because ESA’s last full-length dropped but it also happens to be the day that I saw my last live show before the shit hit the fan in the world. Since then we’ve had an ongoing apocalypse which has allowed me (some) more time to write and artists more time to create. Like the aforementioned ESA who will unleash a new EP featuring one half of our current Negative Gain loves, Corlyx, on the title track.
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Electro is the perfect comfort food for whatever ails ya. Stuck indoors? Missing the night life? Feeling lonely? Well, let the warm blanket of properly produced Electro envelope you so you can dance your cares away from the comfort of your own home. And might I suggest the shimmering ecstasy of Panic Priest and their newest release, Second Seduction, as a starting point?
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Like the second coming of Cubanate and a slightly less abrasive Author & Punisher, ESA deliver an album that’s bold, stunning, and definitely what the future of Industrial music should sound like with Burial 10.
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I’ve said this before but there are certain records that I’m so into that I find it hard to articulate properly within these pages so, more often than not, those records remain as an unfinished draft or at least saved for a year end list. Then there are those that are out and available for the masses that I don’t feel the need to type about after the fact because who needs a critic’s take when it’s out for all to consume???
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The best kind of Electro/Industrial music is the kind that acts as a sort or sonic palette cleanser. The sort of music you put on and it washes over you like a wave, clearing out whatever may have come before. Be it Metal or Pop or Hip-Hop or Country. That reason, among others, is why I love this genre so much.
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