In preparation for the upcoming release of Carpenter Brut’s latest record, I have only one piece of advice: prepare a palm-sized, flat area of flesh to be assaulted, because this album slaps. Hard. Following that initial physical response, it will be that much easier to sit back and revel in the glory that is Leather Terror. To start with, if you – like me – are a longtime follower of the master of synthwave horror madness, don’t expect any kind of regurgitation or sitting on past laurels: Leather Terror is fresh, new and exciting on multiple levels. Obviously, given the nature of electro and synthwave, new is only valid for a given value of novelty, as all synth music stands on the shoulders of giants from decades long past: and all these are respectfully represented and acknowledged – ye...
