Falling Down is the new EP from Suburban Spell the Dark electro project of Peter Endall who is best known for his part in Schizo Scherzo the Melbourne based electro act that are legends within the Australian synth and electro communities for the music they made in the 80's.
The EP opens by taking us to the dark dancehall sounds of Falling Down that isn't quite as fraught as the movie of the same name, as the electro-pop backing to the dry vocals, about all the ways in which your Falling Down, unable to hold everything together, in ways that many people will find common cause with as the world continues to fall apart.
Salvation Army isn't a brass band hymn, or a Paisley Underground power pop tune, as this decidedly dark dank synth tune, is asking for the Salvation Army to help them climb out of the pit of despair they are in, hoping to be clothed and fed, kept safe, as they try to mend their broken souls. Will there be a glimmer of hope among the despondency.
Bright Gold Cross sounds relatively upbeat as the salvation that might come from that cross, the religion it represents, gets questioned by Peter who grew up in a Religious Cult in Melbourne, this has a glacial element, as he sings about breaking away and finding a better way of being, where you are not hiding all your sins behind a religious cloak.
12 Causes Of Pain may or may not be related to the stations of the cross as this dancefloor pumping, electro house tune should get everyone busting moves on the dancefloor, as the almost Monk like chanting backing vocals lead towards the penitent vocals.
Natural Science opens with the line blunt force trauma, to let you know this isn't going to be a pleasant happy go lucky sound, as the poppy backing leads us into ever darker territory where only the fittest might survive.
The ep closes with Side Car that sadly doesn't feature samples of Arthur and Olive discussing how a pregnant woman can get into a Side Car in an On then Buses style, as this is a much more laid-back instrumental look, at that brief period of time when Side Car’s where a popular motorbike accessory, or in the racing fraternity one of the more adrenal of sporting choices.
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