Maybe this extreme synthpop thing was actually the way to go after all. Justin
Randel certainly knows his way around a hook, and these tunes are eminently
hummable the longer they ping around your brainpan. They linger like sugar dust
on the windowsill, like confectionary snowflakes hardening and sparkling and
becoming overrun with insects if left out in the yard too long. The Land Is Kind occupies the post-punk
territory blazed by Suicide and early Ministry and Pet Shop Boys. There’s even
an acoustic guitar track! Surprisingly, the gist is simplification, of getting back
to nature, of eschewing modern urban trappings for the better, the more serene.
The grip of culture is a stranglehold. Turnips and the woods are the future.
https://crasslipsrecords.bandcamp.com/
Digi at https://webefriends.bandcamp.com/album/the-land-is-kind-2
--Ryan
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