LP / Avant! Records / 2014
Employing the weight of gnarling basslines, shimmering analogue
synthesiser, punishing drum machine and the scathing lyrical vision of
Jenny Branagan, Nun’s sound flows from sinister drone-orgy and
hyperkinetic synth-punk to saturated new wave worship.
An unrelenting aesthetic sense penetrates every aspect of this record,
resulting in a remarkably cohesive work of art. Song structures are
simple, considered and direct - everything is fine-tuned to ensure
maximum sonic devastation. The music is danceable and poppy, it’s sad
and incisive, it’s fun, aggressive and heavy as hell. Most impressive of
all is its immense force; the effortless delivery belying an
overwhelming sense of something very heavy and unpleasant looming just
beneath the scintillating pop surface.
Co-released with Aarght Records from Australia, LP comes in printed innersleeve housed in thick, reversed jackets.