Hideous and Perfect
September 9th, 2009
"From start to finish Hideous and Perfect is a smartly written powerhouse
of an album, magnificently improving on Angelspit's previous work while maintaining
the band's distinct sound and feel."
- Trubie Turner, ReGen magazine
"When you couple this with the themes thrust out by the twelve tracks
of deviousness on offer...you can see that this is not only some kind of a concept
album (perhaps, without intent) but also something that has the capability to
hit home, hit hard, and hit with stealth. The band's audience will happily 'eat
distortion'."
- Sphere Magazine
"...the more you walk through their sonic universe the more you are
convinced that they perfectly know what they're doing. This album sounds like
a big kick in your ass or Mike Tyson hitting you right in the face! It's hard
and merciless, cold and powerful or yet wild and kinky! With songs like "Making
Money", "Sleep Now", "Channel Hell" and "Princess
Chaos (featuring Donna Lynch)" the new Angelspit hits really hard! This
band is definitely an unique sonic experience while their artwork also deserves
a special mention."
- Side-line.com
"For an album which basically extends its middle finger at the conventions
of electro-industrial and EBM genres, Hideous and Perfect has amazingly strong
production values and a clean style that balances out the raw, rough instrumentation
and harsh lyrics. The result is a mix that will make your heart race and your
fists clench, but won’t exhaust your ears with an oppressive blanket of
distortion. On a good system (decent headphones work too, but not as well),
you can hear even the tiniest synth patterns creeping in the background, even
as you’re being bludgeoned with huge industrial riffs and sternum-stabbing
bass."
- Fear.net
Hailed as being one of the most innovative new industrial bands Angelspit return
with a new album Hideous and Perfect, a confronting audio visual
statement set to corrupt listeners the world over.
Hideous and Perfect promises to be Angelspit's darkest release
to date with its sonic textures ranging from hard pounding beats, to organic
atmospheric samples, topped off by a feverishly powerful male and female dual
vocal assault. The duo's sonic exploration and creative process took them out
of the studio, as they recorded much of the album's pounding industrial percussion
at an abandoned shipping yard in Sydney Harbour. They fashioned and sampled
handmade acoustic and electronic instruments, imparting a unique organic sonic
texture to Hideous and Perfect, while also giving a nod to
the experimental roots of industrial music.
Hideous and Perfect is a vicious concoction of industrial
guitar riffs, clever hooks and pathologically disturbed synths. Consisting of
12 harsh, heavy and deliberate tracks set to self destruct, Hideous
and Perfect is challenging as it is catchy.
The cyber punk track Ditch the Rest opens the album, with its crunching
malicious guitars and aggressive percussion setting the dynamic for the rest
of the album. Cold Hard Cash follows combining deceptively sweet vocals
with grinding rhythms and anarchic synth melodies. The tracks range from the
hypnotic pounding analogue hell of Sleep Now, to the elegantly deranged
Let Them Eat Distortion and to Fuck the Revolution's brutal
and unforgettable rock and roll trip to insanity. Cinematically chilling instrumental
tracks provide some respite from the album's intense mood. Zoog and Destroyx's
turbulent vocal onslaught deals thematically with an apathetic cashed up society
who are simply 'bored to death'. Angelspit's double edged lyrics can be poetically
poignant, at other times witty, but are at all times severely potent.
Angelspit's aesthetic concept is equally as iconic as their musical statement,
as they continue to develop their fierce design and fashion aesthetic. Visually
arresting photography and bold typography characterises the album's striking
artwork making Hideous and Perfect a defining album of the
industrial genre.
Track Listing:
01. Ditch The Rest - 3:51
02. Cold Hard Cash - 4:06
03. Fink - 3:44
04. Fuck The Revolution - 3:55
05. On Earth - 1:15
06. Making Money - 4:38
07. Sleep Now - 4:33
08. Channel Hell - 4:00
09. Let Them Eat Distortion - 3:36
10. Hyperlust (Feat. Synths by Agent13) - 4:20
11. Princess Chaos (Feat. Donna Lynch from Ego Likeness) - 3:35
12. As It Is In Heaven - 5:58
Check Angelspit's Last.FM page for previews of these tracks:
http://www.last.fm/music/Angelspit/Hideous+and+Perfect
This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 25 November, 2009.
