The traditional fast and plunky riffs are meshed with scratchy, yet coherent vocals, creating a question mark as to whether this is a ’98 or an ’88 release.
Insularia intertwines delicate female crooning with gloom-tipped tantalizing string arrangements, calling to mind 4AD and C’est La Mort’s ethereal heydays.
They make Minor Threat sound like The Mentors. And, unlike Minor Threat (but so like the majority of NYHC bands), they have no sense of humor what…so…ever.
One of the most intricate plots in recent movie memory (which I won’t even try to recount here), and like any good film noir, it’s thick with atmosphere.
Difference Engine’s flowers are not as stately as roses, and they certainly have no thorns to add an interesting dichotomy of beauty and masochism to the mix.
Take Death In June and extract all the Nazi crap, add genuine romance to the songs, along with a female singer who can carry that mood, and you get Duality.