Neo-noir Scandimonium abounds on this synth-etiquette sonata from Danske dancer Lucas Berner a.k.a. The Chairman. With echoes of Deptford Goth’s hermetic chamber pop-somnambulance and Bon Iver’s wyrd-eerie-pherics, this release is the product of the culmination of the cathartic process. A self-introspective outpouring of the travails of modern living.

A deep cleansing of the human condition and the alienation of ‘connectivity’ add up in this confession-all of anatomised atomisation. ‘Animate’ is filled with sparse thrum-beats, plaintive keys and flailing, scaling, wailing vox which combine and congeal in this symbolic goodbye to stagnant memories.

This is a Ballardian ballad from a soul full of zest (no jest), an emboldening exercising exorcism of elation. This Great Dane is bringing home the bacon, no faking.

Post-apopolyptic LP 2064 follows soon.

Kemper Boyd
@dissapointon