Dark Star have talked about a lot recently due to a) their sidestep from dubstep arrangements into murky electro-pop, b) the addition of a singer and c) they don’t sound like your typical Hyperdub act. Find out for yourself as NPR are streaming the band’s debut album North which is out this week. See the previous post on the band.
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Mother of god!!! This was worth the wait minutes in to the album. A few songs in and im and overjoyed! This is golden…dark pop influenced by all the crazy hybrid-dubstep out there but oh so tasteful. I picture Thom Yorke and Kieran Hebden(four tet) listening to this with mouths dropped.