One of my favorite moments from this past year, was seeing this great Vancouver duo play for a second time. The first was in a crowded basement in Portand, about a year earlier, our tours intersecting under one of the more stressful of situations. (Not to get off track, but it's hard to not want to talk about how Tent/City and Nu Sensae is a weird enough of a combination, but that local werido hero Nick / Tunnel's set of abstract basement bizarro-dance music was possible the odd-project out that night, but easily / also the most enjoyable, in a way).
This time around, however, our own endeavors were much more appropriately matched, with me contributing a new Soft Shoulder line-up that was thick and disgusting, but much like Nu Sensae, also very digestible in an upside down sort of way. (and on tour with them was Justin / Random Cuts, which was a treat all of it's own).
Only slightly more refined than the admittedly rough (though specifically perfect) 12” on Isolated Now Waves, “Three Dreams” is actually four new tracks, much welcome after letting the 12” and their contribution to the Emergency Room compilation sorta simmer for awhile. (The only other new offering that had come my way was a split cassette with Syrup, which oddly enough was a live recording from our show together the summer before last, including a Channels 3x4 cover that, I am quite positive, was only known as such by me.
As was before, Andrea's on sludge bass and vocals, Daniel on drums, recording on the lofi end of things, and the energy and angst at full force. Something spooky and goth-like, despite this band being consistently fun to listen to and see, above all else,... there is also this psuedo-self confidence and reverse-ego that trickles through and conquers,...
a line from “Fantum” on the B-Side inadvertently / accidentally conveys: “You've fallen sick with what I've got”.
...almost perfectly sums this single up.
CHECK OUT NU SENSAE: HERE.
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