Album Review: Echoplain - Polaroid Malibu (2021)
Picture Credit: Echoplain Artwork: Benjamin Vergès Painting: Sasha Andres Echoplain - Polaroid - Malibu Release Date: January 15, 2021 (digital), February 19, 2021 (physical) Label: Atypeek Music / Araki / Pied de Biche / Zéro égal petit Intérieur Format: Vinyl / CD / Digital Length: 38:01 Genre: Post Punk / Noise Origin: Paris , France "Polaroid Malibu" is the first full-length release by Parisienne trio Echoplaine. Emmanuel Bœuf (guitar, vocals), Clément Matheron (bass), and Stéphane Vion (drums) have formed the band in 2018 after knowing each other for ages and playing in numerous other bands. In 2019, a self-titled three-track EP was the first proper release, and in 2020 the album was announced by the ex ante single " Beyoncé ". On ten tracks Echoplain sustain us with noisy, dark, halting and nihilistic Post Punk. The experimental approach shows some traces of 80s Goth or Wave combined with thoughtful but destructive energy of artists like Deutsch Amerik...