Do you have a hole in your heart in the shape of Echo and the Bunnymen and early Depeche Mode? If so, then this album may be for you. Skeleton Hands have created an album filled with the thrill of an impending dread coming true headed straight for you. Tracks like “Shadows” are filled with ominous portent but are filled with a locomotive momentum comprised of synths and drum machines that are infectious and wouldn’t be out of place in a darkwave dance hall. The album has an air of oppression and paranoia and possesses all the melancholy that you’d expect from an album called Wake, but it also never becomes dour, instead balancing a fine act between earworm electronics and mournful vocals. If you’ve been itching for a good post punk album, this might be just the scratch you need.
Originally published in Kirkby Extra, September 2018.
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Martin Summerfield
Monthly music columnist for the Kirkby Extra, sometimes article writer for Get Into This. Freelance writer/artist/maker. Archives
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