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Swarming guitar fuzz, bass waves, Jana Hunter’s voice, and insistent drum throbs are the core componentsofBaltimore’sLower Dens. Hunter, sometimesknown for intimate, ghost-heavy weird-fi, is now writing and playing with agroupthat mightget 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.
Twin-Hand Movement is eleven perfect songs long. From opener “Blue & Silver” (anxietymountsat a quick clip until thefinalclimactic release) to “Plast ...read more
Swarming guitar fuzz, bass waves, Jana Hunter’s voice, and insistent drum throbs are the core componentsofBaltimore’sLower Dens. Hunter, sometimesknown for intimate, ghost-heavy weird-fi, is now writing and playing with agroupthat mightget 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.
Twin-Hand Movement is eleven perfect songs long. From opener “Blue & Silver” (anxietymountsat a quick clip until thefinalclimactic release) to “Plastic & Powder” (a churning, narcotic slow-burner) to “HospiceGates”(penultimate album cut,proud weirdo anthem, possible creativezenith), not one is a space-taker. They’re rife withthesurvivalist paranoia you’d expectfrom residents of a post-urban port hole (and this particularsongwriter), craftedmethodicallyand beautifully, and carry youenthusiastically 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 sweatinginatticsand basements, and onlystepped out of the shadows to do a quick tour and record. Twin-Hand Movementwasrecorded byChris Freeland (ex-Oxes drummer; proprietor of BeatBabies, Baltimore), mixed by Chris Coady (at his DNA,NYC),and masteredby Sarah Register (of the Lodge, NYC and the band Talk Normal. « hide |
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