Chicago trio FACS have evolved very quickly in the span of their three years in existence. "Void Moments" is their third & latest offering; a dark & claustrophobic album with rivulets of seismic beauty peeking through the din.    Formed in the wake of the dissolution of Disappears, guitarist Brian Case & drummer Noah Leger's project is the logical continuation of the trails blazed in their former outfit. Since their 2017 debut "Negative Houses", the band have reworked, retooled & reshaped their sound, and with the addition of bassist Alianna Kalaba on 2018's "Lifelike", their evolution has coalesced into something distinct. Gone is the bone-rattling minimalism of "Negative Houses"; "Void Moments" offers an abstraction of the melodic elements that crept into "Lifelike" and contorts them toward a new horizon.    Where "Lifelike" rang with a metallic, near-industrial racket, "Void Moments" cloaks the music behind a black velvet curtain of sonance, obsfuscating the band's most direct set of songs to date. "Boy" kicks off with a lurch of vocals and Case's sinewy guitar-line guiding a stoic march. By the time Kalaba drops in with the bass, the track morphs into a milky swirl, leading into the chime of "Teenage Hive"s buzzing churn. "Casual Indifference" expertly fuses the band's rhythmic pulse with a somber dissolve of guitars, vocals and backwards-masked drums. "Version" closes out side one with lush surges of Case's shoegaze'd guitar & voice weaving around the rhythm section. Side two's "Void Walker" careens in with Leger's cavernous drums, Kalaba and Case riding alongside. The album's final two tracks "Lifelike" and "Dub Over" cascade into one another, becoming one & act as a perfect analogy to "Void Moments" mutability, both musically & lyrically. Despite its foggy presence, "Void Moments" still careens toward the light. By embracing fluidity, FACS continue to evolve & refuse to be ensnared by genre. "Void Moments" ruminates on humanity's increasing refusal of identity, not only via our reliance on technology, but also within our society's challenging of societal & gender norms. "Void Moments" feels one step closer to oblivion, but its sounds are a welcome salve. 

A noisy bedroom solo project mutated into a two guitars, bass & drums live affair, blasting out songs inspired by music from an era when wild and unpolished sounds ruled our freak scene and indie was still punk.

Delwood, deux basses au service d'une écriture authentique et de sonorités uniques. Entreprise de menuiserie alternative fondée début 2019 par les frères Dubois (Frank Shinobi, Taïfun, ensemble dans Coastline Truckers), Delwood crée des pièces uniques à partir d’essences diverses plantées dans les années 90-2000 : Do Make Say Think, Tortoise, Dead Man Ray, Archive, Motorpsycho, Modest Mouse, From Monument to Masses... autant de matériaux propices à un upcycling créatif par cet ensemblier indie rock charpenté par les sonorités distinctes de deux guitares basses. Cinématique, la musique de Delwood est celle de 4 artisans en quête de sens, aimant à s’engouffrer dans des forêts obscures. Au fil de l’avancée se taillent des instrumentaux évolutifs sur lesquels viennent se poser des chants aux textes fouillés. De la masse s’échappe tantôt une touche jazzy, tantôt des ambiances psychédéliques rendues par un travail de sampling et de nappes de clavier sculptées. Delwood, de la fine ébénisterie pour un 1er album éponyme enregistré en avril 2021 par John Roo (le visage de ‘Laurent’, le 3e It Anita), produit de main de maître par Boris Gronemberger (frontman de River into lake, batteur de Castus, vu dans Girls in Hawaï, Françoise Breut...). S’y expriment également les talents de Clément Dechambre (The Brums – sax et clarinette basse) et Damien Chierici (Dan San – violon). 10 titres pour une 22e sortie pour le label liégeois Honest House (Mambo, Frank Shinobi, Taïfun, Benoît Lizen, It It Anita... ), parue le 5 novembre 2021.