Background
About ''Bermuda Drain''"Upon a recent tour of Europe, I was constantly listening to minimal techno on headphones, driving at night through tunnels, and exhausted all of the records I had brought with me. The album is meant to satisfy that feeling. I've always felt connected to landscapes, moving through them, and their linear nature. Time passing. Watching as the world rolls over you while being divorced from it. The visual essence of feedback is a thin line, just like the structure of the landscape."
Concept
From lyrics, ''Bermuda Drain'' features an ambiguous plot; it chronicles the protagonist torturing and killing someone baited into meeting them, yet still featuring descriptive and near psychedelic imagery and scenery. As with all of Dominick's albums that feature lyrics, his mother and writerCritical reception
''Bermuda Drain'' was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 79 based on 9 reviews. In a review for '' Consequence of Sound'', critic reviewer Adam Kivel wrote: "The album works out to much that same tune, a sort of head-scratching confusion. It can be difficult to separate this album both in its difference from Fernow's past output and from the connections that it holds to his work with Cold Cave. Despite the ability to place this on a continuum, this is a record that sounds so dissimilar from its kin, a unique new version of an old favorite." At '' Pitchfork'', Jess Harvell explained: "''Bermuda Ground'' isn't just pleasant by contrast with Prurient's old unholy racket. It's often actively enjoyable, albeit in a decidedly creepy way, rooted as much in familiar retro-rock moves as formless face-eating noise. Perhaps it's down to Fernow's time playing in the decidedly more accessible and anthemic synth-pop/post-punk act Cold Cave, but ''Bermuda Drain'' is full of distortion-free keyboard, perverse disco beats, moments of beauty, even hooks." Jason Heller from '' The A.V. Club'' gave high praise for the release, noting that it's Prurient's "strongest statement to date, and its best album."Track listing
Personnel
''Bermuda Drain'' personnel adapted from AllMusic. ;Music and lyrics * Jean Feraca – lyric assistant * Dominick Fernow * Kris Lapke – percussion, synthesizer ;Production * Dominick Fernow – production * Kris Lapke – engineering, mastering, mixing, production ;Artwork and packaging * Dominick Fernow – art direction * Ari Marcopoulos – photography * Nikolai Saveliev – designReferences
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