nolongerhuman – Marionette (Album – COP International)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Electro.
Format: Digital, CD.
Background/Info: Clint Robertson has reactivated nolongerhuman unleashing the first new album since “Withdrawal” (2014). This is the fourth full length of this American project which is meant as a conceptual release dealing and directly inspired by different aspects of the human mind. The work has been mixed and mastered by Jan L. (Noisuf-X, X-Fusion, Stoppenberg).
Content: “Marionette” is a pure Dark-Electro production that holds on to the basis of previous nolongerhuman releases. It sounds harsh, merciless and danceable but still revealing melodic string parts and well-crafted songs. On top you’ll notice the harsh and possessed vocals. I noticed a few ‘softer’ parts at the end of the work.
+ + + : nolongerhuman doesn’t bring anything new although this project remains a warrant for elaborated and punching Dark-Electro. I especially like the way power has been connected with good-old melodic strings. The first part of “Marionette” especially reveals great songs. “Harden Your Heart” is my absolute favorite one; it’s one of the coldest cuts from the album.
– – – : Quite curiously the title song -which also is the softest cut of the album, is the single piece that couldn’t convince me.
Conclusion: nolongerhuman strikes back with a totally accomplished and banging piece of Dark-Electronics. I belief this work will be for sure one of the best productions from 2023 in its genre.
Best songs: “Harden Your Heart”, “Insects Not Gods”, “Shattered”, “How This Felt”.
Rate: 8½.
Artist: www.nolongerhuman.net / www.facebook.com/nolongerhuman.official
Label: www.facebook.com/copint Read the news on ‘Marionette’.
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About nolongerhuman
nolongerhuman is a dark electro project from Portland, Oregon, led by Clint Robertson. The project has released four full-length albums to date, with the third, “Withdrawal”, arriving in 2014. Robertson renewed the project’s contract with COP International in 2022 and reactivated nolongerhuman for “Marionette”, released on May 5, 2023, preceded by the single and video “Dead Inside”. The album was mixed and mastered by Jan Loamfield of X-Fusion, and closes out a concept nearly a decade in the making about the compulsions and pressures that quietly shape human behavior.
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