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Nun
Nun
This Australian
band has just released their first LP with Avant! They manage to make
punk, new wave and minimal wave merge into a unique special sound.
With the first
track, “Immersion II”, the band wakes you up with a cold water
bucket. The singer hoals and screams on machine-like background.
Petrifying. Next is the poppy “Evoke the Sleep” and its frantic
beat, electronic explosions and spaceship feel. Like playing an 80’s
starship arcade game and eating acid drop candies. Flashy, bubbly, it
reminds of Frustration or Devo, just much sweeter, especially thanks
to the girly vocals. In the track “Kino”, you’ll get the same
supercharged atmosphere, a dramatic synth, hypnotic frantic beat, and
little by little a wall of electronic sound making it hard to
distinguish what is there. On top of that, a mean singing, sung like
spitting and hating. Follow more catchy deanceable fun tracks,
“Suppress electricity” and “Subway”. “Uri Geller” is a
good minimal wave intent, but a bit too long and repetitive in my
opinion. Then comes my favourite track on the LP: “Cronenberg”.
It’s dark, and crazy too, with a frantic beat, and the envolving
guitar loops sound. “Terrormaze” is evil, twisted minimal wave.
Lovely! The LP ends with the quieter “In Blood” and its
atmospheric synths and amazing vocals.
NUN manages to
convince with their first release, with a very good use of synths and
electronic sounds and beats. The vocals are definitely a good point:
used with different styles throughout the album and totally
uninhibited.
For lovers of new wave, minimal wave and 80’s atmospheres, as the
album is full of 80’s references and influences. The most
impressive about it is the twisted, mean feel that lies underneath.
Guillaume Renard
