Analytica
Analytica

iMach003
2020

A1. Soft Power
A2. Blackwing
A3. Submission
A4. Counterfeit
A5. Midnight
B1. Reason Man
B2. King Lobster
B3. Floodland
B4. Warships
B5. Little Tiger Cats
B6. Oblivion

Purchase:

suction.shop (North America)
suction-eu.shop (Europe)
bandcamp (digital)

Analytica is comprised of David Lush, who’s released several killer solo tapes under the name Memorex, and Gabe Knox, who made a big splash last year with his awesome instrumental synth/kraut solo LP “ABC” on acclaimed UK label Polytechnic Youth.

Analytica make synth-pop the old-fashioned way: driving, verse/chorus pop songs utilizing hardware synthesizers and drum machines, vocals and bass guitar, and recorded to tape. The comparisons to early-Depeche Mode (there’s even a cover of “Reason Man” — an unreleased, Vince Clarke-penned, Depeche song that was part of their earliest live sets), and prime-era New Order (right down to the Oberheim DMX percussion and Peter Hook-style bass guitar) are inevitable, but rarely are these sounds executed with such style and conviction. According to the band, lyrically Analytica “explore the facets of the dark age ahead — the propaganda, the nationalism, the environmental disaster in front of our faces - while attempting to offer something of a defence against a nihilistic response to these fears. It's at once a call to arms and a recognition that we're entirely fucked.”

The LP contains 11 songs, and is housed in a stunning reverse-board jacket. Limited to 500 copies, with 200 copies available on white-vinyl. The colour-vinyl edition is available exclusively via direct order from our online shop: suction.shop (North America) and suction-eu.shop (Europe).