However you choose to categorize the ever-evolving sound of Radar Men From The Moon, you shouldn’t expect anything shiny or happy. That remains true for their latest release, Vomitorium (Fuzz Club).
The number “8” looms large over this album: it’s their eighth LP, with eight songs, and eight distinct concepts. “The album features eight mental landscapes, all with an entrance and an exit, just like a vomitorium of a Roman theatre,” say the Dutch band. It’s just a pity the band doesn’t have eight members to round it off nicely.
Among the new additions is vocalist Niels Koster, who shifts between wild roaring and spoken word, providing a fitting complement to the album’s deliberately unsettling soundscape.
In each of the eight tracks, Radar Men From The Moon attempt to break free from their Industrial Post-Punk Noise construct. The nine-minute beast “Speech Of The Hammer,” for instance, opens with a dark, dense, and grinding atmosphere, briefly lightens up, but remains intense. “Psychic Warfare Now!” then marches into straightforward Post-Punk territory.
Throughout the album, there are nods to Nine Inch Nails, though these influences never become too overt. Instead, they quickly pivot back to Noise Punk. Anything loud and abrasive is just right for them. Sludge emerges at times, while a clattering beat takes over elsewhere. It may not be entirely surprising, but it’s another fresh and compelling effort from the Dutch band.
Radar Men From The Moon – Vomitorium: Feel bad music – RIFL
