This is the final instalment in D_Rradio’s 7" trilogy for Distraction records, so it’s only right it be seasoned with melancholy. These two hybrid organisms continue this series' flow by excavating stratums of colorful electronic music through fragmented arrangements.
“Out of Love”s cranked slo-mo start blossoms into life as the loosest track yet in this series, the breaks and warm sliding guitar part held together with sticky tape. The glitchy beginnings of “You Hold my Breath” quickly give way to what appears to be a seemingly slow build. Over the length of the track it becomes apparent that it’s never going to reach its fulminating moment. Held together with wobbly rivets, much like the flipside “Out of Love”, it moves without a real structure. The elements of synth and flickers of sitar may never gain a strong enough foothold in an obvious melody, but the song remains startlingly fresh. Bizarrely, in its dying moments it picks up a New Order styled vibe but cracks up and skitters out.
The brief glimpse may be a hint of a new direction, something a little more pop / song orientated, or it could be just the way the layers fell.
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