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With a nod to WaxTrax, My Life With The
Thrill Kill Kult, and the whole Chicago scene,
Honeyhander takes industrial music as we knew
it and reshapes for today’s modern world.
This has some of the great base components of industrial
— slightly distorted vocals, driving rythym,
lots of chaos and noise, electronic music mixed with
more organic forms like the electric guitar. But don't
confuse this with blind copying of those bands, they
definitely have their own sound.
What stands out the most here is the maturity of
the songwriting. Each of the 5 tracks here has depth,
sophistication, and sounds like music that has been
worked on for a while. It avoids classic industrial
mistakes like overproducing the sound so as to remove
all of the life from it, while reminding us all of
what was so cool about industrial music back in the
day – its hedonistic otherworldly experimentalism.
This is by no means a throwback, or nostalgia for
the 80’s/90’s heyday of industrial, but
more of an indie rock influence and modern day context
for the music. It’s got driving club rythyms
without being too dancy, gritty industrial vocals
without copying Skinny Puppy, and songs that
never fade into boringness.
It’s like they picked up the open source code
known as the industrial template and added their own
creative input on top. It’s what Honeyhander
brings to that source code that’s interesting.
Honeyhander: Woolly Mannerisms
Track List 01 Wear Out Your Muscles
Mary
02 Professional Poise
03 Our Connoisseurs are Feeders
04 Porcelain Veneers
05 Hiding Small Children In Cabinets
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