Melbourne experimental/electronic duo VACUUM have shared their new single "I'll Call You".
The song, which explores Western end-of-life rituals, is taken from their forthcoming self-titled debut LP, set to arrive on February 18, 2022 through via Heavy Machinery and It Records. Album released . Get it here.
Cavernous soundscapes are cut razor sharp and met with Andrea Blake (ASPS/CHROME DOME) and Jenny Branagan’s (NUN) dual deadpan recitations, reminiscent of early Anne Clark. An ominous sub bass sets the tone while the squeak of a rubber sole on waxed hospital floors is dressed in an echo of New Wave delay.
Empty platitudes are uttered down the phone line - diegetic and delivered like an infernal Shangri-las. The anticipation of a flatline extracts the sacred from the mundane – the Temenos of a waiting room, the Oracle of the Yellow Pages and an Ambrosia of instant coffee.
Stream it below.