Chrome Dome
Chrome Dome
Shrinkwrapped four-panel CD wallet. Debut mini-album from Melbourne's CHROME DOME. Influenced by legendary cult bands of yesteryear such as Nervous Gender and the Screamers, as well as Suicide and Melbourne's own Primitive Calculators, Chrome Dome have nailed down the sound of 21st-century synth-punk to a fine art. Like their forebears, Chrome Dome "rock" like a garage band and sings songs of love and despair: they just dont use any guitars. Their songs are at times frenetic, splintering with nervous energy, whilst others drone with depressive introspection. They're a wild mix of live and programmed drums, high-pitched synth freakouts and ominous bass notes coated with both hyper-driven screeches and gloomy, goth-laden vocals. Best of all, Chrome Dome have the songs - theyre not "improvnoise" nor are they an art project. Chrome Dome is seven tracks at just under 20 minutes, all housed in a swish black & silver wallet at a nice price.