Wreck and Reference
On the enigmatic duo’s first proper album since 2016's Indifferent Rivers Romance End, Wreck and Reference make their biggest sonic evolution yet in a career whose only constant has been the groups ability to defy all classification.
Like past albums, the band deal in warped synthesizers and pillaged samples, but the absence of acoustic drums gives Absolute Still Life a colder, more alien aesthetic. With fewer screams and stranger textures than before, Wreck and Reference find themselves alone again in uncharted and uncategorizable territory. It's also the duo's most accessible work, though that's still a stretch - this isn't music for the faint of heart.