Heavy Machinery Records is delighted to announce Cleareye Shining, the savage sophomore LP from Melbourne post-punk outfit Bitumen.Cleareye Shining by BitumenThe driving, metallic barrage of Bitumen’s signature sound is present within this track, aggrandized by dramatic synths, acoustic guitar and layered vocals. Out Of Athens is a song about “the indignity of unreciprocated love, being on holiday, and the comedy inherent in experiencing a personal romantic tragedy against a backdrop of sweetness, light and maybe even disco”.Most of the songs on Cleareye Shining were in the embryonic stages when the pandemic hit, forcing the band to move away from attempting to capture a live sound and lean into making a cleaner studio album. Crafting nine individual songs each with its own character and internal logic, Bitumen took a precise and restrained approach, allowing the album room to explore breakbeats, piano, acoustic guitars and more intimate vocal work. Lyrically, Cleareye Shining sees shadowy figures in the throes of loving, lusting, plotting and fantasising. The result is 80s maximalism meets 90s industrial-electro. Robocop meets Basic Instinct. Always intense, always dramatic, and always demanding of your attention. Mixed At – The Aviary Mastered At – Stepford Audio Designed At – Grin Creative Composed By, Performer, Bass, Vocals, Recorded By, Producer – Simon Maisch Composed By, Performer, Guitar, Producer – Bryce Maher Composed By, Performer, Guitar, Producer, Photography – Sam Varney Composed By, Performer, Vocals, Producer, Art Direction – Kate Binning Coordinator – Naretha Williams Curated By, Producer [Series curated and produced by] – Miles Brown Design [Design production by] – Luke Fraser Design, Layout – Maximillian E S-strewe Drum Programming [Additional drum programming by] – Alex Akers Mastered By – David Walker Mixed By – Mike Deslandes Photography – Emily Herbert, Nicole Reed Producer [Additional vocal production by] – Charlie Saint-Alan Limited edition of 300 black vinyl copies in a gatefold sleeve Part of the Flash Forward Melbourne record series
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