STEPHEN MALLINDER - TICK TICK TICK Vinyl LP Melvins is a direct reflection of

is a direct reflection of the heavy times they were written and recorded in

and filled with raw energy and pure

Under the collective mindset that the only way out is through

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surrealistically-inclined and tactile as those in the enduring outsider’s back catalogue

STEPHEN MALLINDER - TICK TICK TICK Vinyl LP Melvins is a direct reflection ofCabaret Voltaire co founder Stephen Mallinders second solo outing for Dais further distills his signature fusion of minimal synth, oblique wordplay, and wonky disco into a riveting rhythm suite ripe for our age of escalation: tick tick tick. Channeling the temporal malaise of lockdown through a lusher palette of modular electronics and stereo strings, the songs embrace ambiguity and plasticity, loose systems of percolating circuitry and airless funk.