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SEXTILE (Los Angeles US, Sacred Bones)
w. NUXX VOMICA
Donnerstag, 16. Mai 2024
ARTHEATER, Köln
Doors 19:00, Show 20:00

Since emerging in 2015, Sextile have been a party-provoking force on the LA underground, capable of kicking up a riot with the raw-edged squall of a synth or the sharp-elbowed jerk of a guitar. Sextileare now ready to rage with a serotonin-boosting new album, a new group dynamic, faster BPMs, and an even wilder new direction. Recorded in Yucca Valley, Push bounces and bops at the fringes of hardcore dance music, with the hallmarks of drum & bass, gabber and trance illuminating the record like glowsticks at a ‘90s Fantazia rave. Josh Wink, Screamadelica, Iggy Pop, Goldie, and early XL Recordings, have all been namechecked as influences on Push, and the dancefloor remains a constant presence. Repping their place of origin, "New York" brings these musical touchstones off the page, guiding the albumlike an acid-soaked lodestar with its grinning nod to "Higher State of Consciousness" and a whirlygig of music-box synths.There are still nods and “hellos” to the caustic post-punk of Sextile’s earlier work. Sextile haven’t relinquished their punk credentials, they’ve just given them a smiley-faced revamp.