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CMU Approved
Approved: Xander Harris
By Andy Malt | Published on Tuesday 26 July 2016
Xander Harris is set to release new album ‘California Chrome’ on 23 Sep through Mogwai’s Rock Action label. Influenced by Italo disco, electronic body music, industrial electronic music and Giallo horror films, the first taste of the record is newly released single ‘Buckle Bunny’.
“‘Buckle Bunny’ is my favourite track from the album”, says Harris. “It incorporates several of the elements that I like about my music and the record. I like to explore harsh sounds and dance-y EBM rhythms and pile tons of melody in the midst of it to make a porridge of sound. This track is my love letter to Skinny Puppy, a band that I never ever get tired of listening to”.
“I wanted to challenge myself to create a record with an internal narrative and pursue performing that narrative out on the road as much as I am able”, he adds of the album as a whole. “I want people to feel something in a personal way that might scare them a little, something they’re afraid to face within themselves”.
Listen to ‘Buckle Bunny’ here…
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