Growing

Add Date: April 6

Artist: Growing

Album: Pumps

Label: VICE

Genre: Electronic, Noise

Comments: From The Decibel Tolls:

"The clairvoyant collective of sages and shamans, Growing, was first unleashed upon an unsuspecting Earth as an exercise in catastrophically loud guitar-based minimalism. With 2008’s All the Way, we saw the group move laterally into more focused, song-oriented, dynamic ambiance. Their latest, the monolithic PUMPS, sees Growing at the end of their transformation into a fully polyrhythmic unit that retains their certifiably alien sound. Wringing their trademark drones and guitar tones trough intense tremolo, quick pans, and sampler splicers to cultivate a cacophony of driving rhythms, Growing has created an 8-song sci-fi score that I could conceivably see Burning Man patrons dancing to in the future. It’s freaky, and it’s excellent. ...

PUMPS is the sound of pop music a couple of centuries into the future. Despite the destroyed and demented kaleidoscope of sharp textures and swooping noises that provoke and startle, PUMPS is replete with the type of visceral positivity that makes it an increasingly enjoyable, intriguing, and exciting listen. If you’re not a disciple yet, now’s the time."

Check out the well-balanced build-up of glitchy futuristic beats of "Hormone."

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