Australian industrial act SHIV-R return in 2017 with their 4th
full-length album "Requiem for the Hyperreal", serving as both a
fascinated documentation of the power of delusion and a desperate cry
for something real. The album comes after extensive touring of over 20
countries in Europe and North & Central America since their last
album, and heavy rotation on alternative dancefloors with their most
recent release "On Blackened Wings" hitting #1 in the DAC (German
Alternative Charts) in 2015.
At the core of SHIV-R are Pete Crane (vocals & music) and Ben Bulig
(music), driven by the need for self-expression and pushing for musical
evolution. The music hits PRODIGY-style depth charges and EBM club
elements on its way to IAMX-style expressiveness and vocal hooks that
wouldn't sound out of place if sung by MARILYN MANSON. Presented with a
provocatively dark, lace-filtered visual style, the group is altogether
monstrously seductive.
The 12 songs on "Requiem for the Hyperreal" weave a dark, dynamic
tapestry that varies from the industrial drive of "Malediction" to the
musicbox slither of "Milk and Honey", with Pete Crane's lyrics
describing a personification of fear over swampy textures in the song
"Here in the Dark" and carving out a manifesto for self-creation over
the heavy, broken beats of "Something to Say".
Far from a dream, “Requiem for a Hyperreality” will hit the real world digitally and physically in September 2017.
Tracklist: 1. Halo (3:57) 2. Malediction (4:16) 3. Cheshire Grin (4:22) 4. Here in the Dark (4:00) 5. Disconnect (4:36) 6. Escape Velocity (4:40) 7. Entropy (4:19) 8. Something to Say (4:34) 9. Panacea (4:01) 10. The Moth Collector (3:44) 11. Apples (3:46) 12. Milk and Honey (4:37)
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