Broken Ear Record

Black Dice's new album, Broken Ear Record consists of 7 songs recorded in Byron Bay Australia and mixed in Brooklyn, New York. Broken Ear Record is sure to break new ground and continue the genre bending as seen on previous releases.

Broken Ear Record pulls from every resource at hand: "Snarly Yow" and "Smiling Off" tangle together industrial stomps along the lines of Cabaret Voltaire or Autechre, while mindful of Adrian Sherwood’s On-U Sound. The latter track is rubbery and catchy enough to warrant remixes from Vladislav Delay and the DFA itself. Vocals (nearly absent on Creature Comforts) also return. Sleepily mumbled on "Heavy Manners," elsewhere the voices are densely layered, evoking primal chants and 10cc-esque choirs. Come "Twins" and "Motorcycle," there is a twitching tribesman bounce and a bout of tinnitus, yet bumpin’ and grindin’ regardless. Concise, concentrated, and most crucially, cathartic, Broken Ear Record wastes not a note. Let it shatter ears and expectations alike.