Corbeau Hangs – Archive State (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Artoffact Records)
After releasing their debut album in 2024 on Young and Cold Records, the American project Corbeau Hangs has now joined forces with Canada’s Artoffact Records to deliver this new opus.
The album is inspired by an X-Files-like quest, exploring dark enigmas rooted in the 1980s. Musically, this results in an intriguing blend of ’80s influences such as Electro-Wave and EBM. The overall sound remains subdued, yet it reveals a skilled approach to sound design and arrangement. Vintage string textures lend the music a dark, floating atmosphere, while careful attention to vocal production helps tie everything together.
Corbeau Hangs may not be a club-killer, but it certainly represents a well-considered and stylish take on Electro. (Rating:8).
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About Corbeau Hangs
Corbeau Hangs is the project of Manuel Perez, an American musician with Mexican roots based in Phoenix, Arizona. The project mixes Dark-Wave and Cold-Wave with a contemporary edge, drawing on 1980s Goth, Post-Punk and horror-film soundtracks. Perez released the debut album “Optograms” in 2024 via Young And Cold Records, then followed it in late 2025 with “Archive State”, his first album for Artoffact Records.
Perez also runs the side project Archivo Seis. He discussed the making of “Archive State” and the project’s direction in a Corbeau Hangs interview for Side-Line.
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