Okay, I’m going to try to make this quick, as difficult as that may be. Sorry I haven’t been able to update our blog as much lately because things have been so hectic but jesus farty fuckin’ christ is Metropolis making things difficult. I mean, really. I thought people didn’t actually buy music anymore. And yet it seems like Metro has been putting out ten new releases a damn week for the past year. They must be making mad money otherwise they would quit. Or at least slow down. In any case, I’m going to attempt to detail everything they’ve put out thus far in ’10.
As of January 5th (last Tuesday);
Veil Veil Vanish Anthem For A Doomed Youth – Uh oh. Lookout. Another Synthie Pop Rock act wearing their degeneration on their sleeve in an effort to formulate some degree of cool for the hipster kids. I mean, seriously. Anthem For A Doomed Youth? Cry me a friggin’ river. From what I’ve heard of this act they’re actually pretty good musically but it certainly is no reinvention of the wheel. Either you’re going to be endlessly irritated at the derivative nature of the songs or you’re going to be happier than a pig in shit that another band sounds like this. Click the links and decide for yourself.
IAMX My Secret Friend (digital single) – For less thatn a dollar a track you can have the latest single from IAMX’s brilliant album, Kingdom Of Welcome Addiction. The two remixes are okay, I suppose, but nothing spectacular. You’re going to really have to adore the song to want to invest your time and money in this.
Velvet Acid Christ Caustic Disco (digital single) – More remixed hijinks from Bryan Erickson. If you’ve long given up on his music nothing I say is going to convince you to buy this. But if you actually enjoyed the latest album…well, there’s this.
Aaand this week;
Grendel Chemicals + Circuitry – So Grendel opted to make a stylistic change that they’ve been talking about doing for some time now. Gone are the Harsh EBM vocals and in their place are some impressively clean sung lyrics. But this sounds like less a shift in style than maybe a opportunity to cash in on Combichrist. There’s little to no originality here. In fact I had to check the liner notes on the first listen to make sure it wasn’t an Andy Leplegua guest shot. C+C is just three similar sounding new songs and what seem like an endless list of remixes for two of those three tracks.
XP8 Drop The Mask – A bold new album by this Italian duo featuring a cameo by Aesthetic Perfection’s Danial Graves. Thirteen new tracks virtually guaranteed to make you move.
Liquid Divine Autophobia – Tangerine Dream, Haujobb, Kraftwerk and New Order are listed as strong influences and these guys remind me a little of Mind.In.A.Box (who also have a new release dropping in a couple months). You might want to check them out because they really ain’t bad at all.
