Soft Metals: Lenses [xrr rating=2.0/5]I remember Terri Nunn’s breathy voice. Full of seduction, she made Berlin one of my favorite bands for a while. Later, Julee Cruise’s ethereal vocals on “Falling,” from David Lynch’s “Twin Peaks,” would help create the mood of dreamy paralysis that permeated that show. Electro-pop has come to rely on the trope of the fragile nightingale, burying her under … Read More
Interview: Patricia Hall and Ian Hicks from Soft Metals Patricia Hall and Ian Hicks make dreamy dance music with big synths, big vocals and big percussion. Their self-titled debut out now on Captured Tracks was the understated electronic album of 2011. Gauzy drum machine delay and Juno-heavy tracks “Psychic Driving” and “In Throes” have disseminated and now have people bouncing around the bedroom and getting closer on the club … Read More