The Bleak Assembly
– We Become Strangers
Released: 11 October 2022
This is an excellent EP from The Bleak Assembly; I would add to the write-up below that there is a fantastic hint of The Cure in here too.
The vocals, as always from Kimberely, are excellent. The melodies with the classic post-punk synths are beautiful. Each track flows incredibly well.
These tracks are all wonderfully post-punk but have a darkwave feel that excites me. It is so good when bands like this put out such great music.
“Fragile Like Glass” makes me think of Johnny Marr, but that may only be an opinion and view I hold. I love this track so much.
Lyrically the tracks have all been well written and touch on subjects we can probably all relate to.
Give this EP a go. I assure you it will grow on you.
WONDERFUL
We Become Strangers is the debut EP from the new darkwave project, The Bleak Assembly, a collaboration between Kimberly of Bow Ever Down and Michael Smith of Fiction8. While there are a few electronic textures here and there, We Become Strangers is straight-up post-punk and darkwave. Guitars, drums, and songwriting with hooks for days. This EP sits more comfortably alongside Siouxsie & the Banshees, ACTORS, and Bootblacks than it does VNV Nation or Covenant.
Regarding the nature of "change" that inspired the EP, Michael Smith states, "if there's a theme to this EP, it's in recognizing how we've changed as artists and as people. What if you met your younger self and your younger self didn't even recognize you? That's what "We Become Strangers" is about. Kimberly goes on to say, "It's "a strong feeling of being cut from the past". It's a little alienating but also very liberating."
We Become Strangers ist die Debüt-EP aus dem neuen Darkwave-Projekt The Bleak Assembly, einer Zusammenarbeit zwischen Kimberly von Bow Ever Down und Michael Smith von Fiction8. Während es hier und da ein paar elektronische Texturen gibt, ist We Become Strangers direkt Post-Punk und Darkwave. Gitarren, Schlagzeug und Songwriting mit Hooks für Tage. Diese EP sitzt bequemer neben Siouxsie & the Banshees, ACTORS und Bootblacks als VNV Nation oder Covenant.
In Bezug auf die Natur der "Veränderung", die die EP inspiriert hat, sagt Michael Smith: "Wenn es ein Thema für diese EP gibt, dann ist es, zu erkennen, wie wir uns als Künstler und als Menschen verändert haben. Was wäre, wenn du dein jüngeres Selbst kennenlernst und dein jüngeres Selbst dich nicht einmal erkannt hätte? Darum geht es bei "We Become Strangers". Kimberly fährt fort zu sagen: "Es ist "ein starkes Gefühl, aus der Vergangenheit geschnitten zu werden". Es ist ein wenig entfremdlich, aber auch sehr befreiend."
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