Cymbals - The Age of Fracture (2014) [FLAC]

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Cymbals - The Age of Fracture (2014) [FLAC]

Genre: Pop/Rock
Styles: New Wave, Post-Punk
Source: CD (log + cue)
Codec: FLAC
Bitrate: ~ 1,000 kbps
Bit Depth: 16
Sampling Rate: 44.1 KHz

01 Winter 98
02 The Natural World
03 You Are
04 Empty Space
05 The 5%
06 The Fracture of Age
07 Like An Animal
08 Erosion
09 This City
10 The End
11 Call Me

Cymbals third full-length album, 2014s The Age of Fracture, finds the 80s post-punk-influenced ensemble further refining their guitar- and keyboard-heavy sound. Beginning with their 2011 debut, Unlearn, and 2013 sophomore effort Sideways, Sometimes, Cymbals displayed a knack for the kind of angular dork-funk, synthesizer-centric dance music, and skittery, intellectual punk first championed by such iconic 80s acts as Talking Heads and Orange Juice. The Age of Fracture is no exception with the London-based quartet delving into a frenetic and even more high-concept and sonically layered collection of songs. Taking its title and inspiration from Princeton academic Daniel T. Rodgers book of the same name, The Age of Fracture is a thinking mans dance-rock album, chock-full of analog-sounding keyboards, jangly electric guitars, and propulsive beats, in which lead singer Jack Cleverly ruminates on notions of alienation in a modern world. For all intents and purposes, the album sounds like it could have been recorded sometime in the mid-80s, a fact that should appeal to the bands fans as well as aficionados of classic post-punk era bands like Wire, Kraftwerk, and Human League. The Age of Fracture also fits nicely alongside the work of similarly inclined brethren as Franz Ferdinand and Hot Chip (whose producer, Dreamtrak, assisted Cymbals here). Cuts like The Natural World, with its percolating keyboards juxtaposed by Cleverlys pleading vocals, and Empty Space are pleasing dance-oriented numbers that bring to mind a mix of 90s Blur and the more synth pop end of the Cure in the 80s. Elsewhere, tracks like Erosion and The City, with their driving Peter Hook-influenced basslines, evince a more urgent, post-punk aesthetic. Ultimately, with The Age of Fracture, Cymbals turn disconnection and dystopia into danceable fun.

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