For our
sophomore release New Zealand’s Fauxhound delivers an emotional mixture of
spoken word musings with noise and drone influenced chiptune, which sometimes
strikes out with flourishes of dub inspired grooves and shimmering summery
sounds, all of which are tainted with the black paintbrush of Fauxhound’s now
trademark desperate depression and pessimistic self-worth. From the circus
ground twinkly melody on the outset of ‘AIRPORTAL’ to the immediately
confrontational vocal interludes, ‘This Is Not A Game, Boy’ melds familiar and
seemingly innocent sounds into a medley of dark and dank sadness.
With
influences too far, wide and convoluted to list or name, Fauxhound’s sound is a
truly unique one, inside and outside chiptune circles. Taking to the piggy
tracker this time around, Fauxhound’s pallet of melodies and styles grows ever
larger and tainted by his own keen sense of the macabre-sounding, and this
release definitely sounds like his most definitive, defiant and expressive
output to date.
Tracklist:
1. Vocal
Interlude 1
2. FOR
3. MATAKIRI
4. AIRPORTAL
5. COLD
6. Vocal
Interlude 2
7. BRAINS
($noregazZzm remix)
8. Vocal
Interlude 3
9. BOY ET AL
10. Vocal
Interlude 4
11. BAGLADY
All music
by: Fauxhound [Jos van Beek]
Cover
Photography: Georgia Glass
Cover Art
Stylist: Hana Aoake
Remix of
'Brains' by $noregazZzm [http://snoregazzzm.bandcamp.com/]
