Title: Analytica
Label / CAT#: Ice Machine / iMach003
Format: Vinyl LP
WHITE-VINYL-EDITION is limited to 200 copies, and is a SUCTION.SHOP direct-order exclusive.
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ABOUT THIS RELEASE:
A new sublabel of the longstanding Canadian electro imprint Suction Records, Ice Machine — focusing on old-school wave/post-punk sounds — launches on Valentines Day 2020 with two fresh Canadian synth-pop LPs on vinyl. Along side a reissue of Ceramic Hello’s cult 1981 minimal synth classic “The Absence Of A Canary,” comes this, the self-titled debut LP from a new Toronto-based duo, Analytica.
Analytica is comprised of David Lush, who’s released several killer solo tapes under the name Memorex, and Gabe Knox, who made a big splash last year with his awesome instrumental synth/kraut solo LP “ABC” on acclaimed UK label Polytechnic Youth.
Analytica make synth-pop the old-fashioned way: driving, verse/chorus pop songs utilizing hardware synthesizers and drum machines, vocals and bass guitar, and recorded to tape. The comparisons to early-Depeche Mode (there’s even a cover of “Reason Man” — an unreleased, Vince Clarke-penned, Depeche song that was part of their earliest live sets), and prime-era New Order (right down to the Oberheim DMX percussion and Peter Hook-style bass guitar) are inevitable, but rarely are these sounds executed with such style and conviction. According to the band, lyrically Analytica “explore facets of the dark age ahead — the propaganda, the nationalism, the environmental disaster in front of our faces - while attempting to offer something of a defence against a nihilistic response to these fears. It's at once a call to arms and a recognition that we're entirely fucked.”
The LP contains 11 songs, and is housed in a stunning reverse-board jacket. Limited to 500 copies, with 200 copies available on white-vinyl. The WHITE-vinyl edition is available exclusively via direct-order from this very shop!
Tracklisting:
A1. Soft Power
A2. Blackwing
A3. Submission
A4. Counterfeit
A5. Midnight
B1. Reason Man
B2. King Lobster
B3. Floodland
B4. Warships
B5. Little Tiger Cats
B6. Oblivion
