The Freed Unit, Things are looking up (Enraptured) CD
Things might be looking up, but they still sound as
down as they ever did, The Freed Unit grubbing together ten tracks of
their electronic grime for this new long-player. Like coffee made in
the office, with its flecks of grease and year-old crust just below
the rim, so the songs go. Flecks of synth noise pepper the basic
beatbox and minor chordage, a crust of analogue machinery and its
associated random variation around the edges. Haunting, almost
childlike, vocals add a disquieting aura with lyrical content never
quite clear but indisputably covering religion, society and turning
back time. Things come to a head on the nihilistic "Everything is
nothing", a 12-minute epic of drawn-out edginess yet strangely
appealing and even uplifting, almost pretty. Things are looking
ugly/beautiful.
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