Brooklyn band Lathe Of Heaven ‘s new album Aurora soaks up postpunk influences like Killing Joke and The Cure, while retaining a metallic sheen. It’s remarkably intimate, even as it tilts skywards.
Thematically it’s business as usual: drawing from sci-fi and global collapse, trying to find beauty and hope, surging ahead despite our divided and divisive times.
‘Oblivion’ is timeless and cinematic, mining the best parts of goth, and ‘Portrait Of A Scorched Earth ‘ and ‘Matrix Of Control ‘ are majestic and stunning. There’s a paradox within the sound, a sense of fury and delicacy; a roar and a whisper. In short, it’s a fully- formed triumph and will be perfect as summer recedes, moving into autumnal days.
Out via Sacred Bones on August 29th.
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shoutout to Brooklyn!! I have heard of them. great vibe.
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