Realisationship [debut]release date: Oct. 13, 2017
format: digital (9 x File, FLAC)
[album rate: 3,5 / 5] [3,44]
producer: Andrew Hung
label: Lex Records - nationality: England, UK
Track highlights: 1. "Say What You Want" - 2. "Elbow" - 4. "Private Commercial" - 5. "Whispers" - 7. "Sugar Pops" - 8. "Animal" - 9. "Open Your Eyes"
Studio album debut by electronic artist Andrew Hung, one-half of the duo Fuck Buttons, following his soundtrack to the British comedy film "The Greasy Strangler" (2016) by Jim Hosking.
Stylistically, this falls quite far from music by Fuck Buttons by being much more founded on melody, vocals, and traditional music compositions. Blanck Mass [Benjamin John Power], the other half of Fuck Buttons, released his third album World Eater earlier this year, and if you'd expect something similar from Hung that's not really the case. Instrumentally, the music is still electronica, but where Fuck Buttons, and to some extent Blanck Mass, both focus on instrumental progression and complexity, Realisationship is more simple with loanes from Aphex Twin and LCD Soundsystem, and in a way, it's like a condensation of that.
I find it much in common with the alt. dance and indietronica of LCD Soundsystem with focus on synthpop and drum beats, but the music here is commonly labelled as 'chiptune' - which implies sounds stemming from early computer systems and video games. On top of melody-based compositions, Hung swings and sings through nine compositions running a total of 37 minutes. There's a fine positive dance-related energy and still a highly simplistic tone - at times it feels a bit too narrow, but it still sounds like a refreshing breeze. It's not too complicated, but also with only little to offer in terms of impressive arrangements and strong songs. It's fine, it's definitely good, and not so much more.
[ Uncut 3,5 / 5, SputnikMusic 4 / 5 stars ]
