released: 2011-09-06
on label: Blast First
artist: HTRK
genre: Minimal Wave
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“an album about texture, aesthetic and less about resolve or reprieve. And because so much of it is expressed without guitar and rather with bass, it’s moody rather than passionate, a breeding-ground for alienation. What’s fascinating is how far HTRK is willing to take their minimalism, asserting lust through stark arrangements of bass, vocals and drum machine. HTRK are intimidating and careful tone poets.” - Sky Madden, Spectrum Culture
“The 808 beats are eerily slow, the synth lines are achingly lonely, and the vocals are shadowed harmonies so luscious that you could swim in them. HTRK work with palpable emptiness.” - Conrad Tao, Tiny Mix Tapes