Liminal

"Udtrykket er overvejende mørkt og elektronisk med masser af stramme beats, langstrakte droner, rullende bas-synth og skæve indslag - herunder alskens livgivende "field recordings" - men guitaren kommer også til sin ret og det endda gerne i tre-fire lag. Også den fjernt drømmende stemme leges der med - man er ikke bange for effekter i The Acid. Der er en sart skønhed over trioens musik, som er særdeles professionelt strikket sammen, men over 50 minutter kommer virkemidlerne til trods for gruppens mod på eksperimenter til at fremstå en anelse uvarierede i længden".

"Liminal always sounds intriguing, whether it's the sleek yet feral atmosphere of "Tumbling Lights," which evokes walking through a jungle at night, or the subtle building and blending of acoustic and electronic textures on "Basic Instinct" and "Ra." X's melancholic, Thom Yorke-like tenor is the fulcrum for these explorations, and he sounds at home in whatever backdrops Freeland and Nalepa give him. His storytelling also helps the Acid distinguish themselves from their peers, particularly on the aptly named "Creeper," where a narrative of uneasy desire ("I wanna touch you in a painted stall") unfurls over a pulsing, fractured track that conveys several kinds of tension. In theory, balance and restraint aren't the most exciting virtues for an album to possess, but in practice, Liminal's subtlety is confident and dynamic".

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