From the
deft and electronically assured minds of Bernholz and Neil Arthur comes Ideal
Home,a sharp and sparkling album of futuristic beauty.Or is it a darkly
horrific analysis of the shape of things to come for the human race?
The opening and title title Ideal Home begins with a quite unnerving and searing note.The lyrics are as unsettling,asking at one point, "Should I be full of regret for wanting things I do not have?" Clearly a question that plenty of people ask themselves every day.
The opening and title title Ideal Home begins with a quite unnerving and searing note.The lyrics are as unsettling,asking at one point, "Should I be full of regret for wanting things I do not have?" Clearly a question that plenty of people ask themselves every day.
Near Future
make us glance at ourselves in an inquisitive,almost unearthly way.It is like
being analysed by a robot version of ourselves,coldly digging away at all of
the little secrets that we bury deep within our souls.It is a sound that comes
from the future and the past.Simple,minimal and brilliantly frightening.
Field This
takes on the baton and retains a steady and disturbing rhythm of doom filled
beats and haunting vocals.
The choice
of samples and sound effects is stripped and perfect throughout this entire
collection.They have not only made us look at ourselves but given us an insight
into their hearts and minds too.It sounds familiar because it is.It is about us
all.Everyone washes up.Everyone gets fed up.Everyone gets pegged down by the
daily drudge.Everyone gets Overwhelmed.
There is a
sonic lushness to Ideal Home.At times it is lyrically comforting while somehow
managing to also be musically angular and cold.It reminds us what it is like to
be warmly welcomed and harshly rejected at the same time.
It is an
electronic masterpiece that reflects not only the state of the nation but where
it seems to be heading.Near Future have wielded a huge mirror at humanity with
this album,it is now up to us what we do next.
Neil
Arthur's staunch and fluid voice is the blood flowing through Bernholz'
machines.The pairing and tightness of this duo is inspired and sumptuous.
An Ideal
Home is what we have been led to believe that we should be toiling for and Near
Future have brought us a shining example of what we can attain if we wish to
dedicate our lives to the machine of life.
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