Plug-In City - Plug-In City EP
2007
Plug-In City formed in early 2005 as Melbourne's bloody gangland war unfolded. Their self-titled EP was recorded by Casey Rice in January 2007, at the Calculators studio in Melbourne and in Casey's bedroom.
The emerging recordings reflect the forecast of an apocalypse that threatened at the time, as transposed onto a few slamming post -disco tunes. Like an air-raid siren at an ESG gig, the sound is urgent but rhythmic. Guitars clang and writhe with echoes of the Paradise Garage and post-punk while bold vocal hooks fly out as quickly as they crept in. A 4/4 kick and disco high hats keeps the EP constantly punching forward, while old school AKAI sequences whirr and squelch beneath hypnotic bass tracks. Icy detachment squares off with inviting warmth in the Plug-In City sound.
Tracklist
- Blank Photo
- Broke On A Wheel
- Day's Edge
- Electric Light
- Vanishing Point
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