Merry Bloom – Fleurs Etranges (Album – Merry Bloom)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Techno, Industrial, Electro-Wave.
Format: Digital, CD.
Background/Info: Gerry Bloom resulted from the collaborative efforts between Belgian- T.LenC.Phal.X and French artist Lingouf.
Content: Gerry Bloom brings a kind of controlled sonic chaos although sometimes it doesn’t sound controlled at all but pure sonic anarchy. The songs brings different influences and sound universes together. You’ll recognize good-old Electro-Wave sounds mixed with Dark-Techno minimalism and harder Industrial components. The French female vocals are quite funny and even hilarious.
+ + + : This project sounds totally crazy and a bit weird but I really like the free-styled originality. This band sounds a bit as the imaginary offspring of Vive La Fête and Pzychobitch. The sound production is overwhelming and spicey. This is incredibly original and funny.
– – – : The major point hurting me is the endless during time of the songs. It feels like Merry Bloom can’t properly achieve a song but loose themselves in improvised, infinite, passages.
Conclusion: This work sounds as a promising- but especially a creative debut.
Best songs: “Filaments De Poussières”, “Des Nuées De Papillons ».
Rate: 7½.
Artist: www.facebook.com/7merry7bloom7
Listen to “Fleurs Etranges” below:
About Merry Bloom
Merry Bloom is a collaborative project pairing Belgian artist T.LenC.Phal.X with French artist Lingouf, mixing Electro-Wave, Dark-Techno and Industrial elements with French female vocals. No Discogs or Wikipedia profile could be located for the project at the time of writing, and no further release history has been verified beyond the album reviewed here.
“Fleurs Etranges” is the duo’s debut album, self-released under the Merry Bloom name.
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