or a swarm of titanic hornets

out of tune synths paired with the lush and sometimes brittle vocals of Jae Matthews

The purely acoustic instrumentation of lap steel guitars

The songs embody a complex aggregate of musical influences

terrifying turn

AUS - s/t LP Metal or a swarm of titanicHow does something so vintage sound like such a breath of fresh air?! Berlin's AUS tap into the Heimatland's heritage of notoriously cold and humorless nihilism to produce a danceable sense of dread. When the rhythm section isn't driving us closer to armageddon it's providing a pounding tribal backdrop for brooding and disaffected witchy incantations. Distant guitars cut like broken glass and the synth rises up through the cracks like a blend of