It was a dark cold night in the bowels of winter when a song titled “Stolen Key” signalled the inception of a new purpose. The Human Remains became a refuge for 3 creative minds with a history steeped in 90’s Rap and experimental electronica. Working within a fertile creative pocket universe free from expectation, the debut album formed with unexpected speed. Lyrics are filtered through a dark surrealism with a Lynchian coding retaining enough presence to indicate both vocalist’s storied rap pedigree. Subjects range from the post-apocalyptic yarn spinning of “Ash” through nature’s birth-death cycle on “Nexus” to themes of abandonment and attachment on “Left Behind”. Although we find ourselves regularly walking the halls of haunted ships all songs are rooted in real life observations and emotions. Soundscapes occupy a genre confounding space owing as much to 70’s public service broadcasts as the early beats of RZA. Lingering among the outskirts of experimental electronics and hauntology THR’s vibe is as much Radiophonic Workshop as machine drums. Beatless atmospheres are as likely a foundation as crushing distorted drums with searing guitar stabs. This is an album with a footprint in multiple universes. Out now on Plague.
Purchase Cassette: The Human Remains – Hidden Exits
