Symmetry

Symmetry

Yes

Italians Do It Better

***Two if IDIB's favorite SYMMETRY tracks—"Yes" and "Jackie's Eyes"—now available on one 7-inch. Pressed on icy blue vinyl.

Symmetry

The Messenger

Italians Do It Better

PRESSED ON 180-GRAM TRANSPARENT ICY BLUE VINYL!!! Originally available as a limited run or promo-only pressings. SYMMETRY is the instrumental project of JOHNNY JEWEL of CHROMATICS.

Symmetry

Themes For An Imaginary Film

Italians Do It Better

***CLOSET FIND!!! Received an 8.1 rating from Pitchfork. Three years in the making, SYMMETRY—the project that began as a conceptual tangent between GLASS CANDY, CHROMATICS, MIRAGE and DESIRE’s more abstract sides—finally sees its release. Themes For An Imaginary Film is two hours of claustrophobic cinematic bliss compiled for Painters, Writers, Photographers, Designers, Cruisers, Night Walkers, & Dreamers. Adrenaline drips thick like syrup across a horizon where memories become blurred scenes behind the windshield & yesterday's faces fade as the road strobes to aggressive rhythms. Romantic melodies linger in the rearview mirror as chimera bells saturate the electric fog that's slowly rolling in. Over the span of thirty-seven tracks, Symmetry embraces the elegance of European noir, cut with a lean & violent American razor. Directly in your face and breathing down your neck one minute, and escaping beyond the night sky the next. The attention given to color and detail on these recordings is more graphic than musical. More visual than aural. With no flashy virtuosity to clutter the mood, the album's pulse thrives on the empty pockets of space left in the wake of throbbing bass and the faint flicker of electro candlelight. Minimal, strict, and always in motion, there's an oppressive overtone throughout the record that winds itself tight as a clock. JOHNNY JEWEL & NAT WALKER (Chromatics & Desire) give us propulsive moments that are more rhythm based than Pop, and less reliant on a lyrical presence than their other projects. A lot of computer screens this year...