Chromatics
I grabbed up this 12″, stoked to think a new Chromatics album was on the way after practically wearing out my copy of their Night Drive LP. This single had me from the first listen, another wispy pop hit dolled-up with the downtempo vibe of Giorgio Moroder’s soundtracks (or the self-composed soundtracks John Carpenter did for his early movies). Impatient, I found a rip of their upcoming In Shining Violence LP and you know what? It sucks. After a sweet intro and this killer single, the sexy hot voice of front woman Ruth Radelet disappears from the record entirely (as does the aforementioned italo-disco influence) and is replaced with – a dude. A dude with an amateur band-dude voice singing over some pretty bland post-punk. Total bummer. At least they eeked-out this smoking hot 12″ before blowing it.
Chromatics – In The City