Imperial Metric

RESTOCK. Recorded and produced over the last twelve months in their own studio, Appliance's sound has moved on from the motoric linearity of their 1999 debut long player "Manual" and last year’s warm aquatic mini album "Six Modular pieces". Embracing the results of their German remix project "D4", (Pole, Kreidler, To Rococo Rot and Tarwater) Appliance have enhanced their sonic arsenal and yet still retained their unique sound of control and focused simplicity. "Imperial Metric" sees the band broadening their instrumentation to an even more electronic bias. Keyboards, samplers and drum machines rub shoulders with their original set up of guitar, bass and drums to great effect.

The result is an album of hauntingly melancholic, yet uplifting music and has seen them achieve their aim in making an album that covers a wide emotional spectrum. Detached vocals hypnotise the listener with their strong visual imagery and inventive word play. While the rest of the world looks to the west and all things American, Appliance look to the old eastern bloc for stimuli. Electronic Pop at its very best, it’s an experimental record using the song as a backbone and exploring filmic soundscapes further. It is a record of light and dark, gentle and heavy, Imperial and Metric