Clicks – G.O.T.H. (Album – Dependent Records)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-Electro, EBM.
Format: Digital, CD.
Background/Info: Clicks is back on track, unleashing the second full length album of the Polish project, which comes five years after the phenomenal “Glitch_Machine” (according to me the best Electronic album of 2016). The band is still driven by ex-Controlled Collapse frontman Kr-Lik.
Content: The title of the album is somewhat misleading as Clicks remain driven by pure Electronic music. It’s a kind of avant-garde EBM format based upon blasting sound treatments and solid bass lines. Most of the vocals are rather clear, but still getting back to some robotic effect we got used to hearing on the debut opus. From pure modern EBM towards Minimal-Electro, Clicks have seriously evolved in sound, but the result is still unique in its genre.
+ + + : Clicks took time to achieve its debut album and I think it hasn’t been that different for “G.O.T.H.”. It’s not a copy-paste of “Glitch_Machine”, but a band in progress. The songs are carried by impressive sound treatments and some mind-blowing bass lines. The songs are progressively built up and often resulting in a true climax by the choruses. Just as for the previous album, nearly all songs are worthy of examination. There are several potential hits and EP/Single title songs featured. The sound intelligence and sophistication of the global production reminds me of the shock I heard discovering early Combichrist and Komor Kommando; simply an impressive sound and top notch production!
– – – : I don’t see any single minus point here, but I simply can’t understand why Clicks didn’t get more recognition. This project comes close to perfection!
Conclusion: If you’re in search of intelligent, efficient and visionary Electronic music, you better purchase this album touched by the genius of music Gods!
Best songs: “Clicks. Dead”, “Mr. Nevergonnabe”, “Past Of My Past”, “First World Problems”, “Thermostimportantperson”, “Every Bloated Muscle”, “Connection”.
Rate: 9½.
Artist: www.facebook.com/clicks.music
Label: www.dependent.de / www.facebook.com/dependent.records
About Clicks
Clicks is a Polish electronic project led by Wojciech Król, who records as Kr-Lik and previously fronted the electro-industrial band Controlled Collapse. Discogs lists Łukasz Klaus and Tomtylor as further members. Król also worked as a producer and remixer for Polish acts such as Agonised By Love and Deathcamp Project in the late 2000s.
Clicks issued the digital singles “This Is Jeopardy” (2012) and “Oh Lord” (2013) on Machineries and appeared on the Dependent samplers “Septic IX” and several “Dependence” compilations. In May 2015 Side-Line reported that Dependent sign Polish trio Clicks; the debut album “Glitch_Machine” followed in 2016 on CD and as a limited 2CD box set and was reviewed on Side-Line in March 2016.
“G.O.T.H.” was released on 16 April 2021 on CD and as a download by Dependent. Król wrote, produced, programmed and mixed the thirteen tracks; Vincent Uhlig mastered the album and Nico J. made the artwork, which comes with an interchangeable double-sided cover. The Dependent notes describe the title and the goth-styled cover as a deliberate joke, set up by the pre-release video for “I Dream”. The same year the project self-released the limited 12″ single “The Party” and the digital single “Dropdead”. “G.O.T.H.” is the second Clicks album.
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