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HOUSES OF HEAVEN

WITHIN/WITHOUT (MARBLED GREY VINYL) (FELTE)

HOUSES OF HEAVEN - WITHIN/WITHOUT (MARBLED GREY VINYL) 162804
Format:
1 LP
Release:
26.04.2024
Label:
FELTE
Genre:
Electro/Funk
Kat.-Nr.:
162804
Barcode:
0792105762791
Oakland's Houses of Heaven fuse the grit of early industrial with dizzying hits of EBM, techno, and drum & bass, all imbued with lyrical themes that draw equally from the emotional and the mechanical.

Within/Without, their sophomore LP for Felte, delves into a realm of intricate intensity, pushing electronics to the forefront with the production prowess of Matia Simovich (INHALT), and features top-of-their-game guest vocals from Douglas McCarthy (Nitzer Ebb) and Mariana Saldaña (BOAN).

While the dub-influenced, shoegaze throb of Silent Places (2020) immersed itself in the paradox of opulence against the unsettling backdrop of California's wildfires, Within/Without confronts social order through the lens of inner strife.

It explores a contrast between the fantasy worlds and unfiltered truths that define modern survival, and a yearning for genuine human connection brought on by the anxiety and isolation of technology.

On Within/Without, Houses of Heaven truly come into their own with a distinctive alloy of electronic, industrial, psychedelic and shoegaze elements.

They create a dynamic conduit for discord and harmony with a profoundly human essence, bridging interior lives and exterior pressures through visceral songcraft and deft pacing.

In a cruel and technologically dominated world, emotional gridlock is rampant. Yet, in the propulsive paranoia of album highlight "Flesh Techniques", we're reminded that it's often best to "breathe in / these dreams again / shake, shake it off".
 
  • Tracklisting
  • 1.1. STRANGE TEMPTATION
  • 1.2. WITHIN/WITHOUT
  • 1.3. THE END OF ME (FEAT. DOUGLAS MCCARTHY)
  • 1.4. NEW DECAY
  • 1.5. THE DEPTHS YOU HOLD
  • 1.6. FLESH TECHNIQUES
  • 1.7. DESERVE (FEAT. MS.BOAN MARIANA SALDAÑA)
  • 1.8. PISCES
  • 1.9. SERPENT COIL
  • 1.10. SIGHTLINE