As Evelyn Cross, Nic Johns and Neal Harris utilize minimalist percussive synth patterns and impressionistic melodies to craft evocative sound environments. From their new album Oblique Tragedies (released June 20, 2024) we hear “Strange Behavior” which conjures memories of the emotional touchstones John Carpenter tapped into with his early soundtrack work as well as the more tranquil moments of Tangerine Dream’s own cinematic scoring. The percussive tones accent a journey through an ambient backdrop with flares of icy melody and swirls of harmonic drone. There is a deep sense of what might be called progressive drift to the aesthetic of the song that invites immersion within its forward moving atmospheres The title seems to suggest observations made of enigmatic environmental features in an alien landscape that is best expressed in a musical form that articulates its mysterious essence. Listen to “Strange Behavior” on Soundcloud where you can listen to the other track from Oblique Tradegies (perhaps appropriately named after Brian Eno’s and Peter Schmidt’s famous card-based method for stimulating creativity) “Logan’s Run.”
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