Swisher
On their self-titled first album, Zac Steinman and Sam Haar offered a heady but rhythmically precise blend of ambient, techno, and house sounds. But for their follow-up, *Swisher*, the New York City duo amp up the exploratory tendencies and jump the rails, heading into more atmospheric, less linear realms. That\'s not to say that much of *Swisher* doesn\'t revolve around danceable beats, but this time out Blondes seem to have more in mind than the dance floor. Tracks like \"Andrew\" and \"Poland\" have moments that wouldn\'t sound out of place at a club—but anyone trying to dance to the ecstatic electronic explosions of \"Rei,\" the robot sonogram \"Wire,\" or the tumbling, cinematic opening cut, \"Aeon,\" will face an uphill climb. Equally influenced by the German synth masters of the classic Krautrock era, the chill-out charmers of the \'90s, and the muses of the moment, *Swisher* shows Blondes\' knack for being both beatwise and bewitching: sometimes alternately, sometimes simultaneously, but always at just the right moment.
Swisher is a bold expansion of Blondes’ recorded repertoire and an evolution of their sound for intense club atmospheres. A meticulous production with a distinct percussive focus, Blondes’ second album exhibits the duo’s infatuation with the dark side of techno and immersive sound environments. For More Info: shop.igetrvng.com/collections/all/products/rvngnl21
Last year's Blondes, a collection of singles, found the Brooklyn-based duo offering up tech house at its most unabashedly pretty. Follow-up Swisher builds from that release, establishing the ultimate core of their aesthetic somewhere deeper and altogether more mysterious.
The exceptional techno-house duo seemingly began work on their second record by questioning everything about themselves - this was their answer.
One of the more impossible things to write about is the album without lyrics.