100 WET 8211 100 WET 8211 LP 8211 Vinyl MAY 16

LP – Black Vinyl. Blurring the boundaries between rock, electronica, and breakbeat-driven club music, the album is a genre-blend of shoegaze\’s vast soundscapes, the kinetic energy of drum\’n\’bass and the hard-hitting detail of hyperpop. \”When we met, we both needed to approach music-making from a fresh perspective. We\’d been exploring electronic production styles, and this album became our mutual attempt to create drum\’n\’gaze – a term Casper had coined to describe the missing fusion of shoegaze and drum and bass.\” say Casper and Jakob. The album is an exploration of contrasts – melancholy wrapped in euphoria, introspection communicated as explosion. Sonically, the band has worked with negative space in a loud-quiet-loud sense, mirrored thematically and emotionally: The album deals with stark contrasts. On hypergaze single Ether they describe the juxtaposed feelings of being in an altered state of mind – the perception of momentary bliss, while also experiencing everything at a dissociate remove. It is bitter-sweetness experienced in high contrast; golden euphoria tinged with an absolute monochromatic melancholy. Elsewhere, on Over Me, the duo mix a deep longing for life itself with utter heartbreak, both outerpoints sounding like they\’re soaring above the clouds, anchored by a roar of a chorus and deep subs. Whether on ballads or bangers, so to speak, the album is cohesive but utterly fresh-sounding. Tracklist: Side A1. Lost Myself2. Ether3. Looking In from the Outside4. Re-Emerging Side B5. Over Me6. Two Packs of Red Apples7. Leave It8. Carat9. Warmblooded