LOW-RES – ‘Därför’ [Album Review]

Swedish post-punk duo LOW-RES drops their album, Därför, the sister album to 2021’s full-length album, Varför. The two albums will be released as a double album on vinyl. LOW-RES explains, “‘Varför’ and ‘Därför’ belong together. Both records were written in the same vein and with the same approach: fast, creative, and with many collaborations that color the expression. We have a lot of fun making music and it works as an antidepressant. We just heard the term Art Therapy and that pretty much sums up why we do this.” Encompassing 11 tracks, entry points on Därför include “Stigma,” featuring Johan Hinders, which blends tints of new wave with electro-pop, forming dark, shimmering washes of pushing harmonics atop a rumbling, syncopated rhythm. Thrumming with shadowy essence, “Helga” rolls out ...

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