Album Review: Sacred Skin – The Decline of Pleasure

Bonded by their deep shared love of the emotionally charged new wave music of the 1980s, Los Angeles friends Brian DaMert and Brian Tarney figured a country-wide lockdown was the perfect excuse to create music, forming Sacred Skin in 2020. By March of 2021, the two-Brian duo had released their first single, “Colder.” “Colder” was (and remains) a phenomenal success. With its intricately layered electronic elements, despondent vocals, and extreme danceability despite its brutally intense lyrics, it captured the spirit of the ’80s in a way that few modern acts have been able to achieve. This is likely due to the commitment Sacred Skin have to the bit. DaMert and Tarney intentionally create music using the original instruments of the ’80s, including the Prophet 5 synthesizers of Bladerunner an...

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