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Recently I've been on an electronic trip, so great was my joy when I discovered a couple of weeks ago that my beloved AFI (one of the best hardcore punk bands with gothic influences of recent times, at least until the last mediocre "Crash Love" of 2009) were not entirely defunct, as I began to think after three years of absolute silence, but that the equally talented and slightly less masculine singer Davey Havok and the flamboyant and bleached guitarist Jade Pudgett had in the meantime formed a parallel electronic music project called Blaqk Audio.
The genre proposed by the duo is a sort of dance-techno with a sprinkle of ambient, nothing transcendently innovative but very enjoyable and divinely produced. The tracks are played exclusively with synths, keyboards, and drum machines by good Padgett, who proves to be as comfortable with these new instruments as he was with his trusty guitar; above all, the splendid voice of Havok rises, which, although distant from the splendid versatility in the scream-melodic alternation that characterized him up to "Decemberunderground," still manages to amaze.
The overall atmosphere is more similar to the recent "Crash Love" than to the past glories of "The Art of Drowning" and "Sing the Sorrow," but the album is far from despicable, with a very layered and hyper-produced electronic sound.
The best episodes are the fourth track "Bitter for Sweet" (fantastic Padgett) and the concluding ballad "Wake Up, Open the Door and Escape to the Sea," where once again Havok's voice takes the lead.
Nothing miraculous, but it's certainly worth a listen.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Stiff Kittens (03:47)
We're all still the same dear
I have owned this life forever
I'll always remain
If it's just the same dear
Why have you left before "forever?"
Yet returned again?
If you show me heaven
I will meet you there
How it breaks their hearts
That we've made an art
Of desecrating our
Sanctuaries
Sanctuaries
We're one and the same dear,
You were born for this forever
Forget your restraint
Remnants of a past here
Pass like light through dust as memories
Fall fleeting like pain
If you show me heaven
I will meet you there
How it breaks their hearts
That we've made an art
Of desecrating our
Sanctuaries
Sanctuaries
Sanctuaries
How it breaks their heart
Desecrate our sanctuaries
Desecrate our sanctuaries
Desecrate our sanctuaries
Desecrate...
Our sanctuaries
How it breaks their hearts
That we've made an art
Of desecrating our
Sanctuaries
How it breaks their hearts
That we've made an art
Of desecrating our
Sanctuaries
03 Snuff on Digital (05:03)
Cutting through just like champagne petals Sprinkled over the blackest sea Urban stars will shine, electric, they keep on calling. As they beckon I'm enamored of the sight. No, everything won't be alright for me tomorrow. Tomorrow may not come. Ascending slowly with hopes of finding One small moment of clarity I escape the blackness cast upon me. I still can't see as you bind me, murder me from miles away. I will finish this today for you. Tomorrow means nothing. Immobile lights will fly tonight. We'll watch them pass together as we part the rising sky. I won't die without you. These breathtaking heights lend sparkling sights But we won't fall forever. Tightly bound we'll chase the ground I won't die without you. Descending quickly with hopes of sharing All the things you've shared with me, I'll chase the digital eye's below me. Through them you'll see as I fall With digital omniscient eyes Capturing me one last time for you. Tomorrow you will see. Immobile lights will fly tonight. We'll watch them pass together as we part the rising sky. I won't die without you. These breathtaking heights lend sparkling sights But we won't fall forever. Tightly bound we'll chase the ground I won't die without you. This is a breakthrough. Oh, forget me not. This is my breakthrough. Oh, forget me not. We you see me soaring and the lights are screaming, You'll forget me not. We'll fly tonight... [x2] Immobile lights will fly tonight. We'll watch them pass together as we part the rising sky. I won't die without you. These breathtaking heights lend sparkling sights But we won't fall forever. Tightly bound we'll chase the ground I won't die... I won't die... [x4] I won't die without you.
04 Bitter for Sweet (06:10)
Can you tell me what stopped the rain? Where is salvation? Science, saviors, tragedy? May I lead the way into temptation? Sirens screaming just for me and the void remains. Would you save my life if you knew why this is the last time? I'm leaving without you. Could you save my life had the boy that you knew not died? This is the last time. I'm leaving with out you in silence. Can you tell me what stops the pain? Self medication? Science, saviors, tragedy? How deep must we cut to reach sensation? Find it. Bring it back to me where the void remains. Walk with me my one and only... find with me the end. Walk with me my one and only silence. If you knew would you save me? Can you tell me what stopped the rain? Can you tell me what stopped it? If you knew would you save me?
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