A few weeks ago Preoccupations shared a new single called "Bastards", which is the 2nd taste of their upcoming 5th LP, Ill At Ease. Like their last single, "Focus", "Bastards" finds the Calgary quartet playing with a lighter touch, filtering gothic pop and new wave into a somewhat airier composition that, while not exactly sedate, hardly bristle with the abrasive edge of their most celebrated work. What's particularly appealing about "Bastards" is how disarmingly melodic is is. The bright keyboard arpeggio, thick bassline, synth tremors, and sparse snare rhythm congeal into a momentum building progression with plenty of space for frontman Matt Flegel's crestfallen imagery to flourish before the music swells to welcome an infectious hook.
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A few weeks ago Preoccupations shared a new single called "Bastards", which is the 2nd taste of their upcoming 5th LP, Ill At Ease. Like their last single, "Focus", "Bastards" finds the Calgary quartet playing with a lighter touch, filtering gothic pop and new wave into a somewhat airier composition that, while not exactly sedate, hardly bristle with the abrasive edge of their most celebrated work. What's particularly appealing about "Bastards" is how disarmingly melodic is is. The bright keyboard arpeggio, thick bassline, synth tremors, and sparse snare rhythm congeal into a momentum building progression with plenty of space for frontman Matt Flegel's crestfallen imagery to flourish before the music swells to welcome an infectious hook.