Heaps of Nothing is the sophomore effort from the Australian band Naked on the Vague. Lucy Phelan and Matthew Hopkins recently added a bassist and a live drummer to round out the group. If compared their first record The Blood Pressure Sessions, this album is just as good if not better. They have taken some other elements of the post-punk, goth, industrial, no wave genre and created a different animal. There are countless moments enveloped in the tell-tale guitar sounds of The Cure (Pornography era), Joy Division beats, and the conjured spirit of Throbbing Gristle. I think I even heard some sound effects from The Matrix, which gave me goose bumps. This record reminds me of listening to Clan of Xymox or X-Mal Deutschland in my room as a kid. Track 8 Blank Minds inspired a daydream of Robert Smith jamming with Justin K. Broadrick of Godflesh, but with Justin as a chick. Yum!
I can’t seem to listen to this record enough.
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Heaps of Nothing is out now on Siltbreeze Records
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