A strong work which channels the spirit of catchy Motown singles through fine singing and memorable melodies while undergirding with meaty guitar distortion.
While Earthwurm’s debut, Sex and Anxiety, evidently had more hip-hoppy metal on it, but luckily Blank the Same is more traditional, passionate rock/metal.
There’s a haunting, thick sludge of melody that makes them something other than just another tuneless, lo-fi band pounding noisily away hoping it’s art.
Techie-fuzz feeds back over nymphic girl voices, sighing major key fantasies over syncopated heartbeats. For so much buzzy noise, this is very gentle stuff.
Unparalleled in its multi-dimensional brilliance: An album full of rippled horizons, maddening crescendos, overwhelming subtlety, and unworldly melodies.