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WRANGLER

WHITE GLUE (MEMETUNE RECORDINGS)

WRANGLER - WHITE GLUE 101626
Format:
1 LP
Release:
23.09.2016
Label:
MEMETUNE RECORDINGS
Genre:
Electro/Funk
Kat.-Nr.:
101626
Barcode:
5060079264210
Recorded with the 3-D depth of analogue but there's less geek and more funk; more Mod than Modular in the new album's tailored, minimalist design.

Stephen Mallinder's vocals are a surreal joy, smeared with effects and electronics as they change, chant and shift around the jump-cut lyrics.

The opening trio of lpha Omega', tupid' (Mallinder in a new mutant funk-falsetto) and lockwork' sets up White Glue with the crisp crack and thud of sequenced rhythms and lush synthesizers.

irty' slams into a compelling funk beat with a bristling guitar riff courtesy of Julie Campbell (LoneLady).

Mallinder delivers one of the most memorable vocals of his career - venting, sliding and punching through the layers of noise with real urgency and bile.

He employs his voice-instrument to more measured effect on top' but it's no less hypnotic - a feverish guilt-mantra of out-of-control consumerism.

The white-light-techno-rush, triggered synths and chopped-up, multi-layered vocals of eal Life' is followed by ays' which slowly loops in and then flicks off the safety catch with heavy bass and moody synth lines.

uperset' is a late highlight as the band coax the rhythm into life before hitting hard with a lovely, deep groove.

olliding' is the spacey Krautrock closer, a beautiful, nuanced semi-instrumental song which exits with dreamy, abstract vocoder sounds and ambient synths.
 
  • Tracklisting
  • 1.1. ALPHA OMEGA
  • 1.2. STUPID
  • 1.3. CLOCKWORK
  • 1.4. DIRTY
  • 1.5. STOP
  • 1.6. REAL LIFE
  • 1.7. DAYS
  • 1.8. SUPERSET