I missed their gig in Brussels a while ago, but already reviewed them in the past and loved them. I was happy to get their new album, if you want to know if I liked, well start reading the rest:
It’s time to face the Abyss is the first track and has clearly a retro 80’s New Wave/Darkwave & Gothic sound. You’ll recognize the synths and the typical cave effect on the vocals. I also hear an electric drum and cool bass lines. The sound could have been a bit sharper, a bit more elaborated, but the more you listen to it the more you start to adore it! Nite Rite sounds like a mechanical retro version of Bauhaus: Bella Lugosi’s Dead but then with a higher tempo then electrified. Challenging the Sea is a nice title, carried by a cool bass and the typical retro sound. I feel somehow the vocals could sound a bit more up-fronted, but I love the rest and almost feel like dancing (bowed, looking at my feet, searching for coins on the ground). It’s a highlight on this album!
Insensitive goes further down the retro path and will be adore by retro lovers. Claudia’s voice is a nice extra on top of Alessandro's. The beats and electronics are just perfect! Sand sounds pretty catchy. Posthuman is a nice, catchy and melodic one and might become a dancefloor filler! The last stop starts pretty simply and mixes minimalistic with dark wave whilst jumping from one leg to another and waving with your arms. Alone in your dance sounds a bit like a retro party, playing the right darkwave track for the dancefloor with a clear bass and cool synth whilst the vocals sound pretty catchy and poppy. Fragments is a more electro minded track with a slow tempo and a melancholic feel. Tide sounds pretty melancholic, hitting you in waves, sticking in a gluey way. It’s my second favorite track on the album. Try to be me sounds like to answer to Why can’t I be you from The Cure: a dark and scary track with a catchy feel (as if you are getting sucked into the darkness). A new dawn is a very sad last track, sucking deeper and deeper into the darkness, with a magnificent bass and enchanting vocals!
I must say that they didn’t disappointed me! I hope to see them on stage sooner or later and will tell you if it was worth waiting for, so enjoy this dark trip as much as I did!
