Electric Resistance - Brave New Day

I always say that if an artist releases an album that I don't particularly enjoy, there is hope that, in the future, they'll come out with something that will appeal to me. And, well, that usually doesn't happen, and my theory becomes just a little less resilient every time something like that happens. Which is why I was a bit scared to review Electric Resistance latest album, Brave New Day.

I mean, last time I reviewed them, their album wasn't given that good of a score at all. This time around, I'm loving what I'm listening to. Brave New Day fixes a lot with what was wrong with their previous release, and makes for a fairly good, as they describe themselves, techno/industrial album.

Compared to the last album, which was just filled with rage and flushed out vocals, we are treated with delightfully charming melodic beats with a voice that tunes down, and delivers some decent Russian dialect. The voice actually sounds decent, even if I feel as if it's touched upon too much in certain songs, such as in N.E.O.N.. However, it still manages to come off decently.

The beats range from anything techno inspired, to trance like synths flowing through the songs. Whereas the vocals still suffer in some areas, I find a blast in listening to the beats this two man outfit has to offer. And I really enjoyed this album. Perhaps it's because I was going in half expecting something terrible, and was completely proven wrong, but these guys found a good spot to be in, and I hope they continue perfecting this style. Feb 23 2014