The Golden Triangle, the region between Myanmar, Thailand, and Laos, serves as the inspiration for the third album by Sex Swing. On Golden Triangle (God Unknown), the natural beauty of the area and the brutality of the drug trade are sonically captured.
Gentle sounds transition into hard noise rock. Feverish trips take unexpected twists. The British band flexes their musical muscles, then disappears with a crazed look into the opium fields.
The starting point was stripped-back arrangements, crafted in the bedroom and then transported to the studio, where they were beefed up in classic Sex Swing fashion—thundering bass, escalating saxophone, and pounding drums.
After a calm intro, the heavy noise rock explodes. Kings Romans Casino is wild and free, with a frantic pace that only finds some calm in the hypnotic and sweaty Myawaddy. From there, Sex Swing sinks into a trance, stretching out their tracks into long, sprawling jams.
They maintain their sharp edge, but embrace repetition. Special Economic Zone, for example, builds into a crescendo, with the trick always being the same: an orderly beginning followed by chaos. Still, the fascination is continually reignited.
Sex Swing – Golden Triangle: Loud and intense. – RIFL
