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- Summary: This is the second full-length release from the John Grant and Wrangler collaboration Creep Show.
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- Record Label: Bella Union
- Genre(s): Electronic, Techno, Pop/Rock, Indie Electronic, Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Experimental Techno, Experimental Electro
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Jun 21, 2023Although Yawning Abyss is a tad more conventional than Mr Dynamite, it’d be fair to assume Creep Show will remain an acquired taste for some. But for those who have no qualms about stepping into their sometimes oppressive, sometimes sleazy-sounding world, you may not want to step back.
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Jun 21, 2023Unmistakably human touches are the key to the album’s balanced sound – still ominous and complex, but with less of an underground bunker feel than previous outings.
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Jun 21, 2023At once more serious and more playful than Mr. Dynamite, Yawning Abyss homes in on what Creep Show do best, and the ways they skewer corruption and indifference are a treat for fans of any of the artists involved and for anyone else who enjoys eloquent, darkly humorous electronic pop.
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Jun 21, 2023Creep Show’s second album Yawning Abyss reaches further into your soul, and once there, it really gets to work, rummaging furtively and stealthily metastasising. The more spins, the more you submit to its charms.
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MojoJun 21, 2023A furiously funky soundtrack to impending doom. [Aug 2023, p.85]
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UncutJun 22, 2023Infectious. [Aug 2023, p.26]
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