A Short Album About Murder

After having misspent his youth fronting several indie guitar bands, Arne Van Petegem (Antwerp, Belgium) finally made the right decision and swapped his guitar for a sampler and sequencer. Styrofoam quickly started a relationship with Morr Music and started recording his debut album in the isolated confinements of his home studio. In the meantime, Styrofoam also started doing his first live outings, supporting Mira Calix amongst others. 'The Point Miser' (LP/CD, MM-010), the Styrofoam debut album on Morr Music, was released early June 2000 to general acclaim. The album was a collection of eight wonderful and melancholy-drenched tracks of moody electronica, keeping a delicate balance between sparse melodies and distorted beats. Rather than being a fully fledged follow-up, this new collection of seven thematically linked Styrofoam tracks is more of an interlude, a little something to keep you warm until spring arrives.