{"id":16657,"date":"2022-02-13T11:40:16","date_gmt":"2022-02-13T11:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/?p=16657"},"modified":"2022-02-13T11:40:19","modified_gmt":"2022-02-13T11:40:19","slug":"dystopian-melbourne-synth-artist-breaks-the-suburban-spell-with-split-levels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2022\/02\/13\/dystopian-melbourne-synth-artist-breaks-the-suburban-spell-with-split-levels\/","title":{"rendered":"Dystopian Melbourne synth artist breaks the Suburban Spell with\u00a0Split Levels"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Split Levels<\/em>, the sophomore album release from Melbourne\u2019s Suburban Spell<\/a>, launches Monday 14 February 2022 via Bandcamp and all major digital \/ streaming music platforms. The album\u2019s release is accompanied by the new video single, \u2018We All Pray\u2019: an atmospheric follow-up to the propulsive lead single \u2018Control\u2019, which premiered on Post-punk.com<\/a> in December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Suburban Spell alias Peter Endall, a veteran of Australia\u2019s new wave \/ synthpop \/ post-punk scene since the 1980s, takes his new performance moniker from a line in the 1986 Pet Shop Boys hit single, \u2018Suburbia\u2019. Formerly keyboardist for popular eighties Melbourne band Schizo Scherzo<\/a>, Suburban Spell represents Endall\u2019s return to recording and producing music after many years\u2019 hiatus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Citing the influence of Jean-Michel Jarre, Ultravox, Kraftwerk, and New Order along with occasional post-punk and shoegaze guitar elements, Suburban Spell employs stark, dystopian minimalism to explore the darkness and frailty hidden behind the suburban ideal\u2019s pristine veneer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an exploration of the everyday, with all of its hidden layers peeled back,\u201d Peter explains. \u201cThemes of modern politics, domestic violence, human fragility, and quiet desperation speak to all our uncomfortable desires, quiet shames, and joyous revelations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These recurring themes are expanded on with the new album, Split Levels<\/em>: a title referring to the popular Mid-Century design style for Split Level suburban homes. Drawn from Endall\u2019s fascination with architecture, the new album treats the \u2018Split Level\u2019 aesthetic as analogous to the suburban dichotomy: the \u201csplit levels\u201d of the perfect societal fa\u00e7ade, vs. the fragile unease beneath it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Split Levels<\/em> is Suburban Spell\u2019s second full-length album release, and drops this coming Monday, with presales available now<\/a>. The new video single \u2018We All Pray\u2019 is scheduled to premiere from post-punk.com on the same day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watch the previous video for \u2018Control\u2019 on YouTube (new upload with remastered audio): here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Follow Suburban Spell on Bandcamp<\/a> | Instagram<\/a> | Facebook<\/a> | Spotify<\/a> | YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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