Black Marble - A Different Arrangement - Marble Color Vinyl

Black Marble's debut EP Weight Against the Door made the Brooklyn duo a fixture in darkwave circles. Less than ten months later, bedroom producers Chris Stewart and Ty Kube return with A Different Arrangement - a full-length that trades coldwave formalism for something warmer and more expansive.

The record ranges widely: Peter Hook-inspired basslines weave through radiant synth ebullience ("A Great Design"), haunted playground-bop ("Limitations"), and otherworldly sound sculpture ("Last"). The influence of synth pioneers Thomas Leer and Robert Rental is felt throughout, as is the duo's hard-line DIY ethos. "A certain handmade feeling is what we're after," says Stewart. "It's important to carry some residue of the process... It's humanizing." A Different Arrangement is a striking evolution - the moment the radiator sputters to life after a long, cold night.

Tracks:

• 1 Cruel Summer
• 2 MSQ No-Extra
• 3 A Great Design
• 4 A Different Arrangement
• 5 Limitations
• 6 U.K
• 7 Static
• 8 Pretender
• 9 Last
• 10 Safe Minds
• 11 Unrelated