New Music: Trip Fuel, Sound and Fury, Pool of Light

Sound and Fury – Coming Down / Heaven Song

Let the reverb sweep you off your feet with Boring Productions latest 7’’ vinyl release – two tracks of shoegaze comfort food courtesy of Chengdu’s Sound & Fury. A melodically charged, glossy delight led by Kuang Ying’s etereal vocals which are particularly and charmingly drowned out by the starry-eyed swirl of noise. Heaps of distorted bittersweet fun.

Bandcamp: https://boringproductions.bandcamp.com/album/coming-down-heaven-song

Xiami: https://www.xiami.com/album/2103742945

Netease: https://music.163.com/#/album?id=39623659

Trip Fuel – A Low Altitude Flow / DieDieDieDie

Wuhan’s Wild Records tap Trip Fuel – the up and coming hopefuls from Hefei for their latest double A side cassette release. The two tracks cover quite a bit of ground – everything from twisted math rock to post rock intrigue, with splashes of shoegaze introversion and emo angst thrown in for good measure – but what stands out most is the band’s unwillingness to stick to the script. A very promising debut indeed.

Bandcamp: https://wildrecords.bandcamp.com/album/a-low-altitude-flow-diediediedie

Xiami: https://www.xiami.com/album/2103739501

Netease: https://music.163.com/#/album?id=39618275

Pool of Light 光淵 – Abyss 淵

Anton Bogdanov – the Shenyang-based zen-like master that goes by the name Pool of Light – returns with his latest transcendent experience Abyss, released also on Russian label ΠΑΝΘΕΟΝ Records. The one-man-multi-instrumentalist who uses guitars, bows, zhongruan, drums, vocal loops, and other sounds to create a pilgrimage of trancelike meditations that transform into hypnotic drones that alternates ‘between states of lost and found, content and dissatisfaction, echoing the human experience.’

Bandcamp: https://pooloflight.bandcamp.com/

Xiami: https://www.xiami.com/album/2103707779