''Cloak of Love'' is the first EP by

Genghis Tron Genghis Tron is an American four-piece cybergrind band formed in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States, and latterly based in Brooklyn, New York and San Francisco, California. The band signed to Relapse Records after releasing two recordings ...

, released in 2005. It focuses solely on

techno Techno is a genre of electronic dance music (EDM) which is generally produced for use in a continuous DJ set, with tempo often varying between 120 and 150 beats per minute (bpm). The central rhythm is typically in common time (4/4) and often ch ...

and

mathcore Mathcore is a subgenre of hardcore punk and metalcore influenced by post-hardcore, extreme metal and math rock that developed during the 1990s. Bands in the genre emphasize complex and fluctuant rhythms through the use of irregular time signatur ...

, unlike later releases. The songs "Rock Candy," "Ride the Steambolt" (under the name "Penultimate Just Means Second to Last, You Pretentious Fuck"), and "Laser Bitch" (under the name "Dance, Laser Bitch!") previously appeared on the ''Laser Bitch'' demo.

Track listing

Personnel

* Mookie Singerman – lead vocals, keyboards, theremin, guitar, lap steel guitar * Hamilton Jordan – guitar, drum programming, backing vocals * Michael Sochynsky – keyboards, drum programming ;Additional personnel * Jake Friedman – additional vocals on track 4 *

Colin Marston Colin Marston (born September 13, 1982) is an American multi-instrumentalist musician and record producer residing in New York City. He graduated from New York University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in music technology in 2004, and runs Meneg ...

– engineering, production, mixing, mastering * Jon Beasley – artwork and design

References

Genghis Tron albums 2005 debut EPs {{2000s-techno-album-stub