Demise of Love – Demise of Love

The four-track EP, mixed by Alan Moulder, has traces of the sounds that have made all three artists so loved, from sky-scraping synths to ultra-catchy choruses, all rendered with shuddering intensity. Yet the record’s four tracks don’t really sound like the music of any of its three individual creators - or indeed like anything else out there. ‘Strange Little Consequence’ moves elegantly from a vicious acidic shuffle to a huge rock chorus and back again, the transition both entirely unexpected and utterly irresistible. Elsewhere, ‘Carry The Blame’ sees the elegant sky lines of Detroit techno brought to life by Working Men’s Club’s Syd Minsky Sargeant’s unmistakable vocal. ‘Be A Man’ is industrial punk with a helping of melancholic euphoria, and ‘Like I Loved You’ closes the EP with vocals from Greenwood in pure-pop exhilaration that rockets off into electronic space; an instant hit.