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- Summary: This is the second full-length release for the Washington state electro-pop duo of Khaela Maricich and Melissa Dyne.
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- Record Label: Self-released
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Indie Electronic
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| Summer was the name of your lover She said that it was you but you knew that was us She left you in the wind everybody take cover She's cuming like a... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Oct 5, 2017The Blow's most self-assured, thought-provoking, and exciting music yet.
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Oct 23, 2017The words are as smart as they come, full of sudden puzzle-twists and casual apercus, the showy part of this musical enterprise. Yet the music is just as polished and fine, even if it takes a supporting role.
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Q MagazineMar 13, 2018Brand New Abyss is alive with twinkly, sometimes childlike soundscapes that occasionally overpower Khaela Maricich's whispery half-spoken word vocals. [May 2018, p.104]
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Oct 5, 2017Most striking is "The Woman You Want Her to Be." Led by a striding industrial garble, Maricich uses peerless lyrical acrobatics to scythe down misogyny. Like the rest of the record it's sonically understated, but fiercely effective. The Blow might just be on to something.
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The WireApr 5, 2018The Blow excel at cold wave beats and detached machine pop. But much of this sounds a bit too defeated, or needs some more of their nicely weird online humour to offset the gloom. They sound stronger and more substantial on the souped up “Get Up” which embraces its own Debbie Downer side and promises “I want to come through, persist/ I’m going to form all my selves into the shape of a fist”. [Apr 2018, p.50]
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Oct 5, 2017Even the more listenable songs on Brand New Abyss, such as “So There” and “The Woman You Want,” sound more like a successful regurgitation of past sounds and ideas than anything new. And while that’s not a bad thing, it’s not enough of a reason to spend time listening to the new album.
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Oct 5, 2017This valiant yet flawed endeavor feels more like a false start than a dead end, if the Blow keeps watering the ideas seeding the back half and stays away from karaoke.