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Alt & Indie |
Swarming guitar fuzz, bass waves, Jana Hunter’s voice, and insistent drum throbs are the core components of Baltimore’s
Lower Dens. Hunter, sometimesknown for intimate, ghost-heavy weird-fi, is now writing and playing with a group that might
get filed as new wave, or drone pop, or post-punk. With duedeference to her solo work, we’re very glad.
The swarming wave-throb, coupled with Hunter’s lyrics and redolent, charred voice, wrecks.
The band’s upcoming record, Twin-Hand Movement, is eleven perfect songs long. From opener “Blue & Silver” (anxiety mo ...read more
Swarming guitar fuzz, bass waves, Jana Hunter’s voice, and insistent drum throbs are the core components of Baltimore’s
Lower Dens. Hunter, sometimesknown for intimate, ghost-heavy weird-fi, is now writing and playing with a group that might
get filed as new wave, or drone pop, or post-punk. With duedeference to her solo work, we’re very glad.
The swarming wave-throb, coupled with Hunter’s lyrics and redolent, charred voice, wrecks.
The band’s upcoming record, Twin-Hand Movement, is eleven perfect songs long. From opener “Blue & Silver” (anxiety mounts
at a quick clip until the finalclimactic release) to “Plastic & Powder” (a churning, narcotic slow-burner) to “Hospice Gates”
(penultimate album cut, proud weirdo anthem, possible creativezenith), not one is a space-taker. They’re rife with the
survivalist paranoia you’d expect from residents of a post-urban port hole (and this particularsongwriter), crafted methodically
and beautifully, and carry you enthusiastically out into the rolling breaks of industrial filth-water.
Lower Dens formed in 2009, when Hunter set about finding a full-time band. They spent the rest of the year sweating in
attics and basements, and onlystepped out of the shadows to do a quick tour and record. Twin-Hand Movement was
recorded by Chris Freeland (ex-Oxes drummer; proprietor of BeatBabies, Baltimore), mixed by Chris Coady (at his DNA, NYC),
and mastered by Sarah Register (of the Lodge, NYC and the band Talk Normal. « hide |
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