New Cut Hands album is an interesting listen. Not comparable in any way to the Whitehouse sound at all anymore. Title track reminds me of Nurse With Wound 'Cold' from Thunder Perfect Mind but with real percussion - like a frenzied hand typing a computer keyboard. A few harsh electronic tones on 'No Spare No Soul' which stand out as shocking in an album which is very very low-key. Science-fiction style spoken introduction gives atmosphere of fear and strangeness - the way that so much of what follows is understated really adds to the sinister qualities of the album. Nice artwork, the sleevenotes (also by MDB) try a bit too hard but have some evocative aspects.
I don't regret buying this album at all, it's much better than the first attempt. Nothing like noise or PE, a lot of this really does sound like slightly tense elevator music but I get the feeling I will find more in it later.
