Blog: PopMatters

Get your tweeters ready, people. Get your tweeters ready, people because Signer (a.k.a. Bevan Smith) has somehow made an electronic pop album that avoids bass almost entirely. Sure, there are bass drum hits in that electronic, low-pitched pulse sort of way, but it's almost shocking how much high-end synth noise Smith adds to his latest release, Now We Bring You the Fire. Despite its almost confrontational title, Now We Bring You the Fire is a passive little thing: Eight tracks of quiet vocals and ambient soundscapes combine over minimal, skittery beats that seem to come and go as they [...]

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