Category: Synth-Punk

ADULT. Release New Single “R U 4 $ALE”

Detroit duo “ADULT.” have been at it since the late 90s. They were a prominent group during the “Electroclash” movement in the early 2000s, made some killer anxiety-ridden “Synth Punk” in the mid to late 2000s and in recent years have been an important group in the world of modern “EBM” and “Industrial.” However, all of those genre tags still don’t do the band justice when describing their sound. ADULT. sounds like ADULT. After all these years the band haven’t skipped a beat, and now they have a new album on the horizon titled Kissing Luck Goodbye. The album will be released on March 27th via “Dais Records,” and following their previous single “No One is Coming,” the band have released another banger titled “R U 4 $ALE.” You can listen to the track below:

Pre-order the album here:

https://adultmusic.bandcamp.com/album/kissing-luck-goodbye-2

Album Review: Machine Girl – U-Void Synthesizer

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Artist: Machine Girl

Album: U-Void Synthesizer

Genre: Electronic/Hardcore/Breakcore/Industrial/Drum and Bass

Label: Self-Released

Rating: 8/10

Listening to Machine Girl’s music is like being sucked into a tornado carrying the most abrasive elements of various genres, and I do mean ABRASIVE. What a long way Machine Girl has come from spewing out tons of “Electronic” instrumentals on “Bandcamp” to getting even louder and louder with every release while lead member Matthew Stephenson screams his guts out. Following the highly successful The Ugly Art, Machine Girl has returned with his follow-up U-Void Synthesizer, and somehow this album is even noisier than it’s predecessor. Like The Ugly Art, this album incorporates live drums that give this album a fuller sound that evokes the fast-paced and brutal spirit of “Punk,” but just keep in mind, this isn’t “Dead Kennedys.” This is Synth-Punk meets Industrial meets Breakcore meets just about every abrasive genre known to man. It’s uncompromising, it’s discombobulating, but that’s part of this album’s charm. Sure it’s not for everyone, okay, sure it’s not for most people, (anyone who hasn’t acquired this taste will think that all of their electronic household appliances got together to have an orgy) but this is futuristic “Punk,” the result of the massive influence “Death Grips” have had on a younger generation of DIY artists such as “Deli Girls” and “Five Star Hotel.” Machine Girl is undeniably the torch carrier for this generation, and though they can be lyrically absurd with lines like “I don’t want you on my dick so suck my shit,” that absurdity combined with loads of cryptic content is fun to decipher and formulate your own interpretation. U-Void Synthesizer isn’t much of a departure from The ugly Art, but it’s louder and noisier and Machine Girl’s sound hasn’t lost it’s appeal quite yet.

Written By: Steven Sandoval