{"title":"Siluh","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"blister","title":"Blister","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMuch journeyed Rotterdam indie-rock quintet Tramhaus return with news of sophomore album \u003cem\u003eBlister\u003c\/em\u003e. Pushing Tramhaus forwards is their gang mentality, and core belief that a network of global friendships patiently built up over the last five years will see them right. \u003cem\u003eBlister\u003c\/em\u003e marks the band's first new music since the release of celebrated 2024 debut The First Exit.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePowerful, loud, and assertive, \u003cem\u003eBlister\u003c\/em\u003e grows with repeated listening. And a satisfying assurance: the record has a sleekness, and a tangible sense of space, and power. This comes in part from a more glossier production that picks up many nuances in-between. The dizzying nature of constant travel of almost two years is reflected in the title of impatient opener \"Plovdiv\" (a place they've played, incidentally): the glam stomp and bouncing bassline propel a number of menacing guitar riffs, all echoing the sound Tramhaus have been destroying venues with recently. Further e.g. \"Rat Race\" and \"I was Never Alone\" sound likewise. The slower tracks on the record sometimes reveal a \"rockist\" grandeur that they only hinted at before: Pixies or late-period Nirvana maybe, (even, gasp), or a low whisper of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds somewhere else. `Overachiever, Big Believer' and `Sly (Like Ever)' have caustic, growly natures and patiently mapped out melody lines, both of which would have fitted in very nicely indeed back in 1991. Elsewhere, `Solace', with its open chord strum, has a swagger that could have been plucked from a Saints or a Bad Seeds track. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBest is saved to last with `Swarm', where, after a monolithic early Pere Ubu bass rumble, a glorious Sabbath-like riff crashes over the listener. The dryly executed refrain has old codgers like me in mind of Pixies in their space travel years. It's an anthemic and transcendent number that, in the old days would have been a surefire number one single,one that would have encouraged teens the world over to practise their air guitar chops in front of mum's bedroom mirror. 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After touring the globe with their first two albums, the band took a creative break and has now returned with a fresh sound. They have expanded their signature analog \"cosmofunk\" to include electro influences. Experimenting with vintage synthesizers and drawing inspiration from retro computer games, the six musicians have crafted a novel sonic universe. Their sheer joy of playing sparked the idea for a concept album titled \u003cem\u003ePlanet Odyssey 64\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"elementToProof\"\u003eMany bands grapple with defining their direction after their second or third album; Takeshi's Cashew, too, faced a crossroads_or rather, sought a concept. The result is a fusion quoting the-90s when medieval worlds collide with the aesthetics of the Game Boy and Nintendo 64. Much like the loop-based soundscapes of early consoles or the dance music of the early royal courts, Takeshi's Cashew utilize cyclical musical figures on the album. 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