/Noise, Post-industrial, Neoclassical,
Dark Wave, Dub, Alternative dance, Avant-garde, Art music, Neo-noir,
Experimentalism/
Comment: this handful of
tracks by Nottingham, England based combo Surfacing is a mind-blowing one
consisting of disparate impulses and currents. The issue starts off with
distortion-heavy noirish chants and shrieks revealing the artist`s obsession
toward industrial/neoclassical/dark wave/ambient, doleful dub and obscure post-punk-ish
sources full of distress, misery and angriness. Beyond it, it used to progress
into more dance-appealed yet menacing threads, however, pouring out desolate
and misanthropic feels. At times the artist exploits unexpected combinations of
sounds and instruments (for instance, using the chords of harmonica at Amaurot, and Melancholy of Fulfilment). It sounds like a soundtrack for the
horror film because of dosing all the aforementioned elements properly. Top
notch for your worst nightmares and otherworldy dreamy surfacing.
