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ALBUM REVIEW: Girls In Synthesis \u2013 Now Here’s An Echo From Your Future (Harbinger Sound)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

This is the debut proper album from Girls In Synthesis<\/a><\/strong>, a post-punk trio who have been creating quite a stir in London town for the past two or three years with their high-intensity live shows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Originally scheduled for a May release, it was delayed by the coronavirus pandemic, but it’s certainly worth the wait. GIS do have one long-player to their name, Pre\/Post: A Collection 2016-2018<\/a><\/strong>, which gathered tracks from a series of ultra-limited 7in singles, but this is their first album proper, on the same label that gave us Sleaford Mods<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In equal parts frantic, considered, ear-splitting and melodic, the band take their cues from the early DIY punk and post-punk pioneers. But as well as the tried and tested recipe of guitar, bass and drums, their songs variously feature cornet, violin, trumpet and saxophone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This experimentation has seen them leave the early post-punk label behind and become something unique, producing a harsh, noise-punk sound which mixes elements of ’80s anarcho bands with modern groups like Slaves<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There’s melody here somewhere, but you often have to dig deep to find it beneath a barrage of slashing guitar, bludgeoning drums and pounding bass. The 10 slices of noise here won’t be to everyone’s taste, but I think they’re magnificent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opener Arterial Movements<\/strong> comes at you like a train, the rhythm section driving it forward beneath jagged guitar, but if you think that’s intense wait until you hear Pressure<\/strong>, which is even more frenzied. The first single released from the album, it is propelled by a grumbling bassline, tribal drums, lots of reverb and unbridled rage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another single, the Crass-like The Images Agree<\/strong>, is next, and there’s no let up in the intensity. It’s a ferocious slab of post-punk anger, with dissonant guitar and cutting lyrics, which leaves you almost breathless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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