Venus in Leo
HTRK
Venus in Leo
Boomkat Product Review:
Nobody does timeless yet modern ennui quite like HTRK. On their 4th album proper the duo trustingly cup your heart in a cats cradle of crepuscular rhythms & valium blues, all riddled with Jonnine Standish's ear worming mantras and Nigel Yang’s heat haze guitar shimmers.
Issued five years on from their excellent last album ‘Psychic 9-5 Club’, this new collection was recorded in the hills outside Melbourne and has a suitably lofty, cool, spacious air about it that makes their previous albums feel urgent by comparison. That’s maybe understandable considering the tragic circumstances surrounding their earlier albums (they lost a bandmate, mentor, and parent during this period), yet while ‘Venus In Leo’ is still decidedly gothic and downbeat, it’s clear they’ve come to terms with their quota of life’s worries, with Jonnine Standish’s vocals more than ever bearing the slow, travelled pathos of a country folk singer, beautifully accentuated by Nigel Yang’s acoustic strums. Don’t worry though, the spine tingling synths and lip-bitingly strong drum machine pulses are still firmly in place.
Preceded by two of its highlights, including Jonnine's sigh at the state of love in the age of social media on ‘Mentions’, and the aching shuffle of ‘Dying of Jealousy’ (whose singles both have killer B-sides), the album contains a further seven new songs that again confirm HTRK among the definitive songwriters of their scene. Between the opiated allure of ‘Into The Drama’, the shivery sweet acknowledgement of a lover’s compliments in ‘You Know How To Make Me Happy’, lazy afternoon sentiments on ‘Dream Symbol’, and the wilting petals of Yang’s guitar and dubbed drum machine in ‘New Year’s Day’, HTRK arguably prove the most crucial bridge between their heroes The Birthday Party/Rowland S. Howard/Suicide/David Lynch and a wave of modern pop tristesse from Lil Peep to Billie Eilish, whether those artists know it or not.
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Boomkat Product Review:
Nobody does timeless yet modern ennui quite like HTRK. On their 4th album proper the duo trustingly cup your heart in a cats cradle of crepuscular rhythms & valium blues, all riddled with Jonnine Standish's ear worming mantras and Nigel Yang’s heat haze guitar shimmers.
Issued five years on from their excellent last album ‘Psychic 9-5 Club’, this new collection was recorded in the hills outside Melbourne and has a suitably lofty, cool, spacious air about it that makes their previous albums feel urgent by comparison. That’s maybe understandable considering the tragic circumstances surrounding their earlier albums (they lost a bandmate, mentor, and parent during this period), yet while ‘Venus In Leo’ is still decidedly gothic and downbeat, it’s clear they’ve come to terms with their quota of life’s worries, with Jonnine Standish’s vocals more than ever bearing the slow, travelled pathos of a country folk singer, beautifully accentuated by Nigel Yang’s acoustic strums. Don’t worry though, the spine tingling synths and lip-bitingly strong drum machine pulses are still firmly in place.
Preceded by two of its highlights, including Jonnine's sigh at the state of love in the age of social media on ‘Mentions’, and the aching shuffle of ‘Dying of Jealousy’ (whose singles both have killer B-sides), the album contains a further seven new songs that again confirm HTRK among the definitive songwriters of their scene. Between the opiated allure of ‘Into The Drama’, the shivery sweet acknowledgement of a lover’s compliments in ‘You Know How To Make Me Happy’, lazy afternoon sentiments on ‘Dream Symbol’, and the wilting petals of Yang’s guitar and dubbed drum machine in ‘New Year’s Day’, HTRK arguably prove the most crucial bridge between their heroes The Birthday Party/Rowland S. Howard/Suicide/David Lynch and a wave of modern pop tristesse from Lil Peep to Billie Eilish, whether those artists know it or not.
Boomkat Product Review:
Nobody does timeless yet modern ennui quite like HTRK. On their 4th album proper the duo trustingly cup your heart in a cats cradle of crepuscular rhythms & valium blues, all riddled with Jonnine Standish's ear worming mantras and Nigel Yang’s heat haze guitar shimmers.
Issued five years on from their excellent last album ‘Psychic 9-5 Club’, this new collection was recorded in the hills outside Melbourne and has a suitably lofty, cool, spacious air about it that makes their previous albums feel urgent by comparison. That’s maybe understandable considering the tragic circumstances surrounding their earlier albums (they lost a bandmate, mentor, and parent during this period), yet while ‘Venus In Leo’ is still decidedly gothic and downbeat, it’s clear they’ve come to terms with their quota of life’s worries, with Jonnine Standish’s vocals more than ever bearing the slow, travelled pathos of a country folk singer, beautifully accentuated by Nigel Yang’s acoustic strums. Don’t worry though, the spine tingling synths and lip-bitingly strong drum machine pulses are still firmly in place.
Preceded by two of its highlights, including Jonnine's sigh at the state of love in the age of social media on ‘Mentions’, and the aching shuffle of ‘Dying of Jealousy’ (whose singles both have killer B-sides), the album contains a further seven new songs that again confirm HTRK among the definitive songwriters of their scene. Between the opiated allure of ‘Into The Drama’, the shivery sweet acknowledgement of a lover’s compliments in ‘You Know How To Make Me Happy’, lazy afternoon sentiments on ‘Dream Symbol’, and the wilting petals of Yang’s guitar and dubbed drum machine in ‘New Year’s Day’, HTRK arguably prove the most crucial bridge between their heroes The Birthday Party/Rowland S. Howard/Suicide/David Lynch and a wave of modern pop tristesse from Lil Peep to Billie Eilish, whether those artists know it or not.
Boomkat Product Review:
Nobody does timeless yet modern ennui quite like HTRK. On their 4th album proper the duo trustingly cup your heart in a cats cradle of crepuscular rhythms & valium blues, all riddled with Jonnine Standish's ear worming mantras and Nigel Yang’s heat haze guitar shimmers.
Issued five years on from their excellent last album ‘Psychic 9-5 Club’, this new collection was recorded in the hills outside Melbourne and has a suitably lofty, cool, spacious air about it that makes their previous albums feel urgent by comparison. That’s maybe understandable considering the tragic circumstances surrounding their earlier albums (they lost a bandmate, mentor, and parent during this period), yet while ‘Venus In Leo’ is still decidedly gothic and downbeat, it’s clear they’ve come to terms with their quota of life’s worries, with Jonnine Standish’s vocals more than ever bearing the slow, travelled pathos of a country folk singer, beautifully accentuated by Nigel Yang’s acoustic strums. Don’t worry though, the spine tingling synths and lip-bitingly strong drum machine pulses are still firmly in place.
Preceded by two of its highlights, including Jonnine's sigh at the state of love in the age of social media on ‘Mentions’, and the aching shuffle of ‘Dying of Jealousy’ (whose singles both have killer B-sides), the album contains a further seven new songs that again confirm HTRK among the definitive songwriters of their scene. Between the opiated allure of ‘Into The Drama’, the shivery sweet acknowledgement of a lover’s compliments in ‘You Know How To Make Me Happy’, lazy afternoon sentiments on ‘Dream Symbol’, and the wilting petals of Yang’s guitar and dubbed drum machine in ‘New Year’s Day’, HTRK arguably prove the most crucial bridge between their heroes The Birthday Party/Rowland S. Howard/Suicide/David Lynch and a wave of modern pop tristesse from Lil Peep to Billie Eilish, whether those artists know it or not.
Limited restock. Clear/green vinyl edition.
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Boomkat Product Review:
Nobody does timeless yet modern ennui quite like HTRK. On their 4th album proper the duo trustingly cup your heart in a cats cradle of crepuscular rhythms & valium blues, all riddled with Jonnine Standish's ear worming mantras and Nigel Yang’s heat haze guitar shimmers.
Issued five years on from their excellent last album ‘Psychic 9-5 Club’, this new collection was recorded in the hills outside Melbourne and has a suitably lofty, cool, spacious air about it that makes their previous albums feel urgent by comparison. That’s maybe understandable considering the tragic circumstances surrounding their earlier albums (they lost a bandmate, mentor, and parent during this period), yet while ‘Venus In Leo’ is still decidedly gothic and downbeat, it’s clear they’ve come to terms with their quota of life’s worries, with Jonnine Standish’s vocals more than ever bearing the slow, travelled pathos of a country folk singer, beautifully accentuated by Nigel Yang’s acoustic strums. Don’t worry though, the spine tingling synths and lip-bitingly strong drum machine pulses are still firmly in place.
Preceded by two of its highlights, including Jonnine's sigh at the state of love in the age of social media on ‘Mentions’, and the aching shuffle of ‘Dying of Jealousy’ (whose singles both have killer B-sides), the album contains a further seven new songs that again confirm HTRK among the definitive songwriters of their scene. Between the opiated allure of ‘Into The Drama’, the shivery sweet acknowledgement of a lover’s compliments in ‘You Know How To Make Me Happy’, lazy afternoon sentiments on ‘Dream Symbol’, and the wilting petals of Yang’s guitar and dubbed drum machine in ‘New Year’s Day’, HTRK arguably prove the most crucial bridge between their heroes The Birthday Party/Rowland S. Howard/Suicide/David Lynch and a wave of modern pop tristesse from Lil Peep to Billie Eilish, whether those artists know it or not.
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Boomkat Product Review:
Nobody does timeless yet modern ennui quite like HTRK. On their 4th album proper the duo trustingly cup your heart in a cats cradle of crepuscular rhythms & valium blues, all riddled with Jonnine Standish's ear worming mantras and Nigel Yang’s heat haze guitar shimmers.
Issued five years on from their excellent last album ‘Psychic 9-5 Club’, this new collection was recorded in the hills outside Melbourne and has a suitably lofty, cool, spacious air about it that makes their previous albums feel urgent by comparison. That’s maybe understandable considering the tragic circumstances surrounding their earlier albums (they lost a bandmate, mentor, and parent during this period), yet while ‘Venus In Leo’ is still decidedly gothic and downbeat, it’s clear they’ve come to terms with their quota of life’s worries, with Jonnine Standish’s vocals more than ever bearing the slow, travelled pathos of a country folk singer, beautifully accentuated by Nigel Yang’s acoustic strums. Don’t worry though, the spine tingling synths and lip-bitingly strong drum machine pulses are still firmly in place.
Preceded by two of its highlights, including Jonnine's sigh at the state of love in the age of social media on ‘Mentions’, and the aching shuffle of ‘Dying of Jealousy’ (whose singles both have killer B-sides), the album contains a further seven new songs that again confirm HTRK among the definitive songwriters of their scene. Between the opiated allure of ‘Into The Drama’, the shivery sweet acknowledgement of a lover’s compliments in ‘You Know How To Make Me Happy’, lazy afternoon sentiments on ‘Dream Symbol’, and the wilting petals of Yang’s guitar and dubbed drum machine in ‘New Year’s Day’, HTRK arguably prove the most crucial bridge between their heroes The Birthday Party/Rowland S. Howard/Suicide/David Lynch and a wave of modern pop tristesse from Lil Peep to Billie Eilish, whether those artists know it or not.
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