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.
Mike Scott is at the top of his songwriting craft with a crack studio band, combining the intimacy of his first solo album with a touch of “The Big Music.”