Means of Control is superb, a brilliant listen, enjoyable at first and later thought provoking, with some new quality or idea pouring through with greater poignancy on each revisit. Nobody else quite brings together genres in such a likable way, and especially not with so much concept and consciousness intertwined.
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“Wild Vile West began as an idea in September 2022 to make an entirely conceptual album about a lonesome gunslinger in the old west, but with unconventional sounds and ideas.”
Armed with a brand new release and an extensive back-catlalogue to lose yourself within, Creature Benny remains one of indie’s most fearlessly unique creatives.
Titled to appropriately reflect the contents within, War of Art is often fascinating, occasionally a reflective mess of volume and anger, and always creatively unaffected by expectation or industry standards.
“The protagonist is me in that one. I’ve been going through a rough patch last year, and felt somewhat disappointed in myself. It’s been busy with work, and back home I felt too exhausted to get up to much of anything.”
“I love working with anyone who is genuinely interested in aspiring to do something really cool, even if it doesn’t turn out perfect.”
Fully-loaded electronic production blends ethereal synths and trap rhythms, as artist and songwriter x ohh delves into the conceptual depths of the mind, for COMMS.
Experimental electronic sound-play rains down with darkness and intrigue, as the unique performer and artist Tate Pouncey introduces a distinct style, with plenty many man.
To give a little context for the non-German listeners, löse den Knoten im Taschentuch refers to loosening the knot in the handkerchief; such knots being used in Germany to remind the owner of something they don’t want to forget…
From one track to the next things continue to shift gears – heavy fuzz and distortion, melody and poetic wonder, moving into arbitrary statements and ambient space.
Introducing a bold fusion of styles in the form of what the band themselves define as Anti-western, 0101 deliver an addictively catchy, unique and uplifting style.
The voice is distantly mixed, unpredictable in both topic and rhythm – almost freestyle-like as it gathers momentum. These qualities prove indicative of an artist uninhibited by industry standards, but also well-rooted amidst the trip-hop-style escapism of enchanting soundscapes