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Gloss Drop
Rock · 2011 · 12 tracks · 53m

Gloss Drop

Battles

Hyper-precise math rock loops meeting neon-soaked guest vocals. A dizzying, technicolor display of rhythmic clockwork and mechanical joy.

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It sounds like a very expensive Swiss watch that decided to join a Caribbean dance troupe.

A high-octane, technicolor explosion of mechanical precision and playful curiosity.

Gloss Drop · vs · Battles
Processed+0.9σ

The vocals lean a touch further into processed than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks · 53m
01
Africastle
5:48
02
Ice Cream
4:37
03
Futura
6:17
04
Inchworm
4:52
05
Wall Street
5:24
06
My Machines
3:55
07
Dominican Fade
1:48
08
Sweetie & Shag
3:50
09
Toddler
1:11
10
Rolls Bayce
2:06
11
White Electric
6:14
12
Sundome
7:47
Moments Worth Waiting For
The way the steel-pan textures in Ice Cream collide with Matias Aguayo's rhythmic panting.
Gary Numan's detached, robotic delivery anchoring the industrial grind of My Machines.
The massive, slow-motion drum fill that opens Africastle like a mechanical awakening.
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