Netherlands’ New Animated Video Will Make You Feel Like The Puny Human You Are

If you’ve never done psychoactive drugs in a big city, listening to Netherlands will give you an idea of what the experience is like. The Brooklyn-based experimental quartet add a steady, almost industrial beat to much of their music that instills the listener with the metropolitan feeling of being trapped in a circuitboard. At the same time, the band use said beats so erratically, and surround them with such queasy and deranged synths and bass, that their music feels panicked and hysterical, all while vocalist Timo Ellis moans in your ear like a robot’s ghost. It’s this sort of avant-garde yet sensually-pleasing atmosphere that has made the band a favorite of musicians like Mastodon’s Bill Kelliher and Gojira’s Joe Duplantier. The band’s new animat...

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