Blonde Redhead - Penny Sparkle (Black Vinyl)

Blonde Redhead - Penny Sparkle (Black Vinyl)Penny Sparkle the bands third album for 4AD marks another sonic twist in their already adventurous canon. It was made over the last year with the band journeying between New York and Stockholm to work with production duo Van Rivers and The Subliminal Kid (Fever Ray, Massive Attack) and as with their previous album, 23, Alan Moulder (Depeche Mode, My Bloody Valentine, Yeah Yeah Yeahs) was enlisted to mix it.

this is is a fluid and rich counterpoint to the angular starkness of blonde redhead's early releases

Sounds of synth or guitar turn out to be bass

industrial-pop and rave euphoria

But the UK harpist and synthesist’s debut

but what it makes her feel

“screaming-into-a-pillow music”

The band became known as a member of the much heralded Elephant 6 Collective

With a solo career spanning 7 releases as well as her work in the highly influential art-punk trio Palberta

and angular melodies that make it impossible not to get up and move to” (Uproxx)

'PROTO' makes reference to what Holly refers to as the protocol era

It retains the project’s experimental roots in power electronics and noise while incorporating industrial and punk influences

and their biggest “hit” – “I Love A Man In Uniform”