HTRK – Work (Work, Work) (Clear Ash LP Vinyl)
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The Melbourne duo recorded Work (Work, Work) in the aftermath of unimaginable loss, and the album's tension between coldness and longing hasn't loosened its grip in fifteen years. HTRK occupy a lineage that runs through the bleaker corners of post-punk and industrial pop, but Jonnine Standish and Nigel Yang built something distinctly their own here, a sound that influenced a generation of artists working in slowcore, darkwave, and experimental electronics.
HTRK’s Work (work, work), a cult classic pressed for its 15th anniversary, emerged from grief after the sudden loss of founding member Sean Stewart in 2010. Marked by achingly slow 808 beats, eerie synth arpeggios, and vaporous guitar noise, with Jonnine Standish's singular sense of detachment, Work (work, work) registered as bleak, abrasive, and melancholic. Yet deeper listens through the murky, minimalist set reveal a romantic core. Something they’d surface further in the years to follow. Centered around the project's 21st Anniversary, Ghostly is reissuing a deluxe obi edition in a new Clear Ash colored vinyl variant.
Tracklist:
- Ice Eyes Eis
- Slo Glo
- Eat Yr Heart
- Bendin'
- Skinny
- Synthetik
- Poison
- Work That Body
- Love Triangle
- Body Double
UPC: 804297814438
Label: Ghostly Int'l
Release Date: 8.28.26
Format: LP Vinyl