“What's the best cure for earworms? More earworms!”
Reverb-drenched and relentless: The City Gates blend post-punk urgency with shoegaze atmospherics on Chimera, brooding rhythms meeting shimmering walls of sound in a nocturnal landscape of isolation and memory distortion. Danila Kozyrev unleashes a jangly cacophonous mess bustling with melody and psychedelic production on wraith, while j.demar fuses dream pop haze, post-punk energy, and breakbeat velocity into soaring crescendos on artifacts. SMIC strips things back with a slow, atmospheric meditation on survival and clarity, and Yama Uba floats haunting vocals over dreamy ambience in the liminal space between hymns and mantras.
“A love letter to 90s alternative rock for those who watched MTV's 120 Minutes every Sunday.”
“The Cavemen resurfaces after 30 years, bringing the raw spirit of 90s rock to today’s global audience”
“This exciting collection of original music showcases the diverse and innovative sounds emerging from the Australian electronic music scene.”
“Soundtrack for late night driving - broken melodies and night drones in loop - stitched together in layers of decayed compositions.”