\"I sit here waiting as time keeps slipping away...\" By 2009, APTBShad gotten the Psychocandy out of their system and were ready to buckle down and focus on finding their own sound. Theres an emphasis on crafting great songs with discernible lyrics on Exploding Head, and musically, its closer to Depeche Mode or New Order than J&MC. But this is still the loudest band in New York, so of course theres still that omnipresent layer of pedal fuzz draped over the whole mix (frontman Oliver Ackermanns company Death By Audio builds boutique guitar pedalswitha clientele listas wide reaching asLightning Bolt, Nine Inch Nails and U2). Slipping Away is the centerpiece of the album, and listening back almost ten years later, it\'s a candidate for the most resonating song in their entire body of work, but dont sleep on Smile When You Smile, In Your Heart or the title track, either.Clear double vinyl with printed inner sleeve released by Mute.

• expanded edition w/ full bonus LPcontainingrarities +demos
• clear colored double vinyl pressing
• housed in gatefold jacket
• includes art card + printed insert w/ liner notes
• limited edition
• original release year: 2009
• music label:Mute 2022

reviewed bysakura incident 08/2018