Belong “Perfect Life”
Though dark, muddled, and vintage-inspired sounds are nothing out of the ordinary at this point, […]
Though dark, muddled, and vintage-inspired sounds are nothing out of the ordinary at this point, New Orleans’ duo Belong has been mining the depths of such music for about five years now, and is releasing a brand-new LP soon via Chicago label Kranky, too. This cut, called “Perfect Life,” lies just about in the center of the outfit’s forthcoming Common Era album (pictured above), and shines with a murky glow through the layered shadows of distorted synth hooks, distant drum-machine patterns, and dense white noise. It’s like New Order performing its first single from the bottom of the ocean, or a transmission of a band like, say, Cold Cave, broadcast from the opposite end of our galaxy. You can see how the rest of Belong’s record compares when it drops on March 21.
