“Sampler '23 of cassette label Start-track.com”
Cold, hypnotic, and heavy with devotion: shelovesmolly feat grimslilreaper's kiss666 (Kota Kira Remix) rebuilds post-punk as haunting witch house, two lovers circling each other like ghosts. Arcane Synthetic's A New Era & Nothing More: Part I moves through industrial abrasion and dark ambient landscapes — cinematic, confrontational, immersive. Chalice Sect's Finis Initii delivers pulsating EBM-charged darkwave for modern goth clubgoers, while Jacob's Fall's The War We Miss? conjures something symphonic, melancholic, and sinfully counterintuitive. Dino DiMuro's Old Fart At Play takes on the notoriously difficult Trout Mask Replica with raw, unmastered devotion.
“Jangle-gaze never quite feels so essential as it does in the hands of Laurence Macaspac...(aka Swimming Pools and Movie Stars)”
““The Industry of Death” excoriates rampant consumerism’s human price, “Raw Blink on Hari Kiri Rock” lambasts passivity in the face of police violence, and the title track spotlights the ease in esc...”