The Blisks – Elixa LP

Description

Efficient Space welcomes Th Blisks to the fold with their mutant strain of melodica dub, torched hip hop breaks, post-punk and procession song.

With an unseen clarity of vision, Elixa conjures its meticulously fleshed out world. Those familiar pieces are all there – the mystery, the patience, a cheeky pop hook – however this time there’s an intentionality to it all. A blurred dialogue stretching across Australia, it was largely recorded remotely with tracks bouncing between Bowman and Besseny in Muloobinba (Newcastle) and Nipaluna (Hobart), and Matsumura stationed in Warumpi (Papunya). Every element is carefully considered, stemming from their individual time spent as lifers in the local DIY scenes. Through these tracks you can feel that history; echoes of Castings and Vincent Over The Sink in ‘Do You Bless It?’, Bowman’s distinctive submerged tape loops gurgling away under boom bap and *that* Sydney guitar tone in ‘Esk’.