Blog: The Tape

Sprouting from increasingly revered metropolis, Chicago, come Loyal Divide . Their second EP Labrador sounds like a telepathic chess match between Radiohead and Apparat , or a sandwich of trip hop, paranoid electronic beats, and a haunted dream like atmosphere. Young Blades sounds like Timbaland stuck in a nightmare and put through a blender. Labrador sounds like Ellen Allien drowning in a layer of feedback and then rescued. Lover I Can Tell You feels like Banjo Or Freakout and Animal Collective's daydream set to a fluttering heartbeat. Vision Vision's wobbly synth and alien slap bass get masked [...]

• Loyal Divide - Labrador