Lowfish / Solvent - Now We Are Dead FLAC album

On the chopping block are 4 new tracks from Lowfish and Solvent. Since the inception of Suction Records, Gregory De Rocher and Jason Amm have moved on from their sparse, sincere, and spacey IDM and "distortion pedal new wave" into a melodic brand of precision electronics sans glitch. On this high note, "Now We Are Dead" puts Suction to rest.

Remember the past. Continue toward the future.

"Theme To A Dead End" brings to mind...SOLVENT! Straight forward melodies, melody warping filterplay, a buzzy bassline, and well used 808 percussion make for a track deserving of its title as the "Theme" to this "Dead End".

"Divided Into Units", ironically, brings to mind LOWFISH! If you are at all familiar with "Fric Frac", you might think this was a remix. Beautiful percussion and a haunting melody that I find myself already humming. Both "Divided..." and "Theme..." share similar elements and sentiments. It is almost like Lowfish and Solvent can tread the same ground without saying the same things.

"Incision" is possibly the least nice Solvent track to date. The bassline, "melody", blips, bursts of noise, unhappy claps, and vocal sample all exist in a constant discord anchored only by the least bubbly percussion work from Solvent. This is darkness that "Think Like Us" and "Thirteen" only began to hint at.

"Shattered", while exhibiting signs of disconnection, is a very coherent but slow crawl over an elegantly busy bassline and the slightest hint of a melody consisting of, almost, two notes. A mechanical and electric track that could pass as a pre-Lowfish recording.

Overall this record is a fitting finale to Suction Records and a promising forecast for future Lowfish and Solvent material.