By: Peter Morsellino
Album Type: EP
Date Released: 31/01/2020
Label: Independent
“The New Wet” track listing:
1). Running Out of Decay
2). Seepage
3). Borer
The Review:
Lament Cityscape return with a darkly beautiful
album of sludged down industrial wonders.
“The New Wet” turns the world of noise on its head and offers up
some sexy goth jams that you will find yourself bobbing along to for days to
come.
Lament Cityscape offer up a sound that will
surely draw comparisons to classic Nine Inch Nails, there is a lot more going on
here. While the dance grooves of “Pretty
Hate Machine” are certainly present throughout this release, the real
star of the show is a filthy grit that shrouds itself over the music. The
heavier grooves are muddied into mind warping grind. More traditionally
beautiful melodies are cast in shrouds of fog, obscuring any pleasantries they
may have to offer.
Album opener “Running Out of Decay” is appropriately named. This is a grimy
industrial track, dripping in sludge. The beat pounds insistently, before
dropping away to a pleasing piano melody dripping in that same grit.
“Seepage”
walks a very fine line between a sexy industrial groove and a full on thrashing
metal tune. Styles are mixed fluidly here, creating a piece that is just as
welcome on the dancefloor as the mosh pit.
“Borer”
is a noisy dirge, not letting off on the power accumulated up to this
point. The imagery of a sermon called up
by the track is inescapable. It draws on
into a cacophonous delight, caked with filth, that shows no signs of stopping
until a melodic atmosphere takes over to bring the album to a close.
“The
New Wet” is a guaranteed hit for fans of Nine Inch Nails
or How to
Destroy Angels. It will also be a welcome addition to anyone looking
for a more adventurous take on sludge's musical rotation. It's a very unique
sound, and one I think you'll enjoy.
“The
New Wet” is available HERE
