Whole - Hydra (CD)

CD in handmade sleeve

WHOLE is a Berlin duo producing electronic indie rock since 2015. First, Thomas Schernikau (Forced to Mode, Forced Movement) and Alexander Leonard Donat (Vlimmer, Fir Cone Children, ASSASSUN) sent sound snippets and song ideas back and forth to each other until the musicians merged styles and released their debut album, “BIAS”, in 2018.

“WHOLE reinterpret new wave - dark, but always warm and distant and at the same time always driving An album full of thrilling and melancholic noise pop and indie pop anthems,” says Tonspion (GER). “[Sounds] like the gods of synth-pop and wave [Depeche Mode], only not so badly aged,” writes Art Noir (CH). “WHOLE open the door to a new dimension of synthpop. An album between light and shadow, peppered with many hidden details, full of fragile poetry, beguiling and disturbing at the same time,” concludes Gerda’s Tanzcafé (GER).

All this can still be heard on WHOLE's “HYDRA” although said components only form the foundation on which the band build their sound structures and, depending on the song, offer space for opulent arrangements, spoken vocals, minimalism, rough edges, catchy hooks and catharsis. “HYDRA” is a multi-headed creature that can grab hold, pause, and break out; it’s an album from a band that has found their sound.

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