Speedy Ortiz
his dark and intense vision channels industrial metal to mirror DOOM’s trademark brutal power fantasy gameplay across 31 synth and metal-filled tracks
and Van’s inimitable voice
The album contained two newly recorded tracks
and my thoughts about what does and doesn’t get representation
Saint Etienne "International" Charli XCX RSD Speedy OrtizAfter Saint Etienne's 35 year excursion through pop, International, is their final album length statement. A dreamlike drift with friends and collaborators, International features cameos from the higher echelons of pop 80s chart heroes, electro, acid house and all points in between from Vince Clarke to Nick Heyward, Confidence Man to Erol Alkan, Chemical Brothers, Orbital, Doves and Xenomania, through to the lesser known, but equally exhilarating