#974 Disappears - Pre Language

Disappears continue to fail to follow up convincingly on their crackling debut, sinking here deeper into post-punk churn, building rounded angular soundscapes with oblong parts, but composing them into beasts that rumble along the ground instead of soaring. Lyrically, the death obsession persists, but here is reads as resignation, a grim counterpoint to Lux's railing against the night. I guess you can only do that for so long before you quit, here's hoping these guys get up the nerve to fire another salvo 3/5