Love Is A Liability

VINYL FORMAT. Planet Mu has a long and distinguished record of breaking new exciting artists and the label's latest signing Falty DL a.k.a. Drew Lustman is no exception. This New Yorker is no stranger to making music, with releases on Napalm Enema and Ramp Records, and his signature style is drawing attention from plays on Mary Anne Hobbs' BBC Radio 1 show. Love Is a Liability is fresh like a Glade Plug-In in a room of smokers: post-garage ambience; round, warm melodies; and skippy two-step beats like it's 1999 again. This nostalgic record is immersed in the old New York and Chicago sounds. Lustman, a former sushi chef, has created a more subtle, futuristic Big Apple version, mashing together influences from hip hop, dubstep, soul, and electronica. Opener "Human Meadow" is a prime example of Falty's bouncy, two-step, melody-driven style. "The Shape to Come" shows off his electronic infulences with Jega / u-Ziq-esque melodies, while tracks like "Paradise Lost" and "Our Loss" display his melancholy side, with bittersweet yearnings of chopped-up vocals and bleeps.