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MH-078 Pressed And - Hyper Thistle EP  Conceived during their first US tour, Pressed And return with Hyper Thistle, their second EP of processed vocal and complex electronic experiments. The release is a bridge between their sound-defining debut, Imbue Up, and the more performance driven sound of their recent Daytrotter Session which is infusing the music they are working on for their first full-length. The tone is quickly set as a chopped vocal and double-time breakbeat propel the EP forward. Chiming guitars interplay with delays and propulsive percussion before cutting to a slice of glitched out hip-hop that throws out the rules to transcend all well-worn electronic micro-genres. Ambience creeps back into the fold with etherial atmospherics and light drum-and-bass beats until a demented vocal chop and equilibrium throwing groove changes the mood completely. Finally pitched down vocals complete with higher register electronic wizardry creating something both future-sounding and soulful. With their second release Pressed And once again prove that they refuse to be trapped by tradition of genre in their quest for electronic bliss. |
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| Genre-defiant goodness—encompassing elements of glitch and hip-hop, among a number of other things - XLR8R / Sounds like: Changing colours on a mood ring - Alan Cross / Blissful yet unpredictable stuff that evades easy categorisation - Cyclic Defrost / Pressed And will reinvent the EDM playbook and stake their claim as one of the genre's most important bands - Absolute Punk |
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| Duo post-chillwave assumé, Pressed And donne avec l’EP Hyper Thistle, à paraître le 24 juillet prochain sur Mush Records, une lumineuse suite à la délicate syncope initiée par Imbue Up, LP ayant vu le jour l’année passée sur Crash Symbols (lire). Tout aussi alambiqués, mais tout aussi raffinés, ces cinq morceaux conjuguent, avec une perversité sans égale, textures vocales triturées et rythmiques ondoyantes, à mi-chemin entre une électronica chère à Plaid et un chopped and screwed du second millénaire, le tout balayé de nappes de guitares densifiant la dimension hypnotique de la musique proférée. Andrew Hamlet et Mat Jones posent de la sorte les bases d’un style se libérant d’une formule amplement éculée et projettent leur inspiration en plein coeur d’un tournoiement contemplatif éberlué, protéïforme et trippé – les cyclothymiques Tusk In The Rock Flowers et When She Ran s’écoutant telles les pierres angulaires du nouvel édifice. - Hartzine |
