Thrash Bandicute- "Oolong" EP


 This is one that's been stewing in the works for years. Literal YEARS.

This is one that was (almost) finished back in 2023. But the timing wasn't right. As I once heard- "Songs are never finished, they just escape." 

The EP starts with Oolong, a deep dub poem that feels gentle like the crisp autumn breeze or the familiarity of a lifelong friend you haven't seen for years.

 


Next is Montego- A short meditation for endless summer days and nights you don't remember. A song designed to capture the sound of life being easy and feeling good. It's not synth-pop, it's not house, it's not indie rock, it's not house, it's not techno- but it's also all of those at the same time. It's a dream, a memory, a longing- two and a half minutes of perfection, of longing, of beauty, of bliss- then it's gone as soon as it started, like it never happened.

Tunnel was originally also supposed to appear on this EP, but that song has been moved to the Tunnel EP which will be out thru my friends over at Atlantic Progression this August. Go check them out, they've got some really incredible releases lined up this year.

 


The EP closes out with Feeling, a B-side longer than both A-sides combined. An epic, sweeping 80s synth-wave odyssey that ventures first into strange, noisy, Nine Inch Nails territory (Think Further Down the Spiral) then a psychedelic, breakbeat-driven freakout reminiscent of Jilted Generation era Prodigy. Less of a song and more of a strange universe in and unto itself.

Oolong is out now on the Interrupted Signal YouTube, and will be available everywhere (Including vinyl) on my birthday of July 3. Hope u enjoyed!

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