Belleruche
Album : Rollerchain
Time : 201
Year: 2012
Comments : Rollerchain is the fourth album from Belleruche on Tru Thoughts Records. Showcasing a
stunning new progression in sound for the acclaimed
London trio.
As evidenced by the single, on Rollerchain, Belleruche
have created a darker, more bass heavy and evocative
sound, whilst still retaining the melodic soulful touch that
sets them apart and has gained them a worldwide
fanbase. Stormbird is a sub bass driven pop song with
clipped drums, tempo shifts and swells of looped
feedback, unlike Belleruche's previous work but drawing
from the same cabinet of sonic references.. As the
album opener, this gorgeous little distorted oddity of a
track grabs your attention and runs away with it through
the shadows into a new sonic underworld.
Combining a very modern aesthetic with classic song
writing ability, the album is a collision of haunting vocals,
tough analogue sounds and bleeding edge electronic
production. Stranger rhythms and basslines inhabit this
record; both in the studio and onstage, Belleruche have
picked up new instruments and ideas to create a
complexity and an attack that take the band's core
elements - vocals (care of Kathrin deBoer), guitar (Ricky
Fabulous) and turntables (DJ modest) - to a new level.