News and Reviews
New release: Mechanosensitive by The Shimmer Effect
23.01.2013
It has been just over a year since the release of their debut album and it is with much anticipation and excitement that we announce the release of The Shimmer Effect's second album, Mechanosensitive.
This album is a real gem and grows on you with every spin of its 9 solid tracks. What will immediately come to your attention is the much slower, and much more thoughtful, pace of the songs than that of their first album, Uranometria. There is an overall ambiance to the album that gives you the sense of travelling deep into a dark futuristic underground city where a brooding menace of mechanical villains are battling the shimmering guardians of light in a desperate fight over good and evil, and for the obvious need for people to have light down there.
Not taking anything away from Uranometria, which is a classic in its own right, but there is a definite maturing in sound and overall execution that can be heard and felt throughout this album. Mechanosensitive would make a great soundtrack to a futuristic thriller or perhaps, even better, the soundtrack to the sci-fi adaptation of The Lord of the Rings.
Style: Trip-hop, Down-tempo, Glitch, Ambient












