In case you’re on the lookout for synth-driven alt-indie that scratches your itch for cerebral sound, use the fangs in Pontus Peace’s newest serpentine coalition of salaciously swaggering and tinged with sardonic sweetness vocals, storage rock guitar riffs and synths that inject indietronic idiosyncrasy into the eccentric combine. ‘MEDIA (A Love Track)’ doesn’t maintain your hand by means of the dissection of contemporary affection and data overload—it strangles complacency with a wry smile whereas marching listeners deeper into its neurotic groove.
Past one step past the likes of Royal Blood and Extremely Suspect, Pontus Peace synthesises the angst of post-punk into an anthem of alt-rock volition that writes a poisoned love letter to fashionable media and its more and more unavoidable smothering presence, which ensures that even in the event you’re nowhere close to the static of a TV, you’ll nonetheless be ensnared in some capability.
Pontus Peace isn’t involved with trend-chasing or sonic appeasement. Since their formation by Cornish drummer/vocalist Joel Nash alongside fellow drama faculty alumni, they’ve cast their very own post-dystopian dancefloor. The four-piece could appear to be they stumbled out of a volleyball-themed fever dream, however their sound bites by means of with precision. From saxophone elaborations to lacerating lyrical perception, they’ve fine-tuned absurdity right into a drive value listening to—and pondering with.
With the identical sense of intellectualism and some shared sonic tendencies as ILikeTrains, which pull by means of within the spoken phrase phase, Pontus Peace is evidently on the fitting trajectory.
‘MEDIA (A Love Track)’ is now out there to stream on all main platforms, together with YouTube.
Assessment by Amelia Vandergast
