PRURIENT Frozen Niagara Falls 3xLP experimental dark synth/power electronics NEW

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PRURIENT Frozen Niagara Falls 3xLP

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(Profound Lore)
*** This is a new and unplayed item, direct from the CRUCIAL BLAST shop. ***


DESCRIPTION FROM CRUCIAL BLAST:
      Back in stock, both the double CD digipack version of Prurient's mammoth new double album, alongside the massive new triple-LP edition in gatefold packaging. Both versions feature visually striking design work that utilizes spot varnish printing, and the triple Lp is a real beast, housed in a six-panel gatefold jacket and pressed on heavyweight black vinyl.
      For his first outing on extreme metal imprint Profound Lore, Dominick Fernow takes his post-power electronics outfit Prurient deeper into the more nuanced terrain that his previous releases on Hydra Head had explored. While it lacks much of the single-minded sonic violence that made many of his earlier works so potent, Frozen Niagara Falls is an ambitious and varied work that makes for a compelling, often chilling experience. As with those last few discs, this seems to share that common thread of nostalgic synthesizer sounds, with much of this recalling a mixture of sinister 80's film soundtracks, the moody electro-pop of the same decade, and the darker edges of Teutonic space music. But those vintage synthesizers are threaded through a range of noisescapes that range from the walls of scrap-junk that collapse across the nocturnal bliss of opener "Myth Of Building Bridges", its pulsating, John Carpenter-esque synth arpeggios circling around bouts of shambling percussion and malevolent borg vocals, to the monstrous, shrieking industrial of "Dragonflies To Sew You Up" that's laced with a killer electronic melody amid bursts of acoustic guitar strum and fractured electronic noise, and the deformed synth-pop of "Every Relationship Earthrise" that appears deeper into the album. Most of this is solely the work of Fernow, aside from some additional contributions of instrumentation and field recordings from some of his collaborators in Lussuria, Terrorist, Ash Pool and Alberich, and his literate, introspective approach to this fusion of nostalgic synth and brute-force electronics fully distinguishes the work.
      Some tracks do delve into the sort of shrieking power electronic disorder that early Prurient was known for, exploring washes of crackling static and ominous, fluctuating drones that eventually erupt into that ear-shredding high-end feedback, detours into sputtering rhythmic noise galvanized by brutal, guttural vocalizations that writhe in a state of haunted, psycho-sexual dread. But other tracks like "Jester In Agony" unfold into gorgeously dark orchestral ambience, with swells of symphonic synth surrounded by gleaming, mournful melodies that slowly drift over distant percussion, only to unleash more of that evil, drum-machine-splattered industrial aggression at key moments. But the biggest surprise on Frozen is the inclusion of those spidery folk guitar figures that slip into several of these tracks; that fragile folk guitar is an interesting addition to Prurient's sound, and brings an interesting new texture to the music, contrasting with the squalls of garbled synth-noise and grim, low-frequency dronescapes. That really comes together on the closer "Christ Among The Broken Glass", a sprawling piece of doom-folk beauty unlike anything else I've heard from this project, featuring a solemn acoustic guitar figure repeating over distant grinding noises and deep, threatening drones, met with plaintive piano and mysterious field recordings. As always, themes of desire, religion, love and violence underscore this material, and Fernow skillfully brings a poignant human element to the sonic debris and wreckage, those wistful piano and guitar figures elevating this high above the dehumanization of classic power electronics. Highly recommended.   © CRUCIAL BLAST
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