Label: Pain Management (3) - PM002
Format: 7", Single
Media Condition:  Mint (M)
Sleeve Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)
Country:      
Released:  2024
Genre:       Electronic
Style:         Bass Music, Experimental, Dub
Comments:
Brand new unplayed copy. Protective dust sleeve included.

Notes: 

Pain Management presents a debut collaborative release from Bristol’s Larry McCarthy & mysterious newcomer Eris FM. The limited edition single fuses hellish Bristolian dub with tender vocal excursions on two dark cuts, equal parts tough and tender. A heartfelt comedown offering for the hyperactive via two weapons primed for maximum emotional release.

The A side’s titular opener is a shrieking wave of dubs delay, an eerie narrative exposition. Reminiscent of blown-out early No Corner offerings; a tangled mess of sirens and harsh noise ensnare FM’s disembodied commands. Turn your phone off / Tell no one where you are / Go out / Press your lips to the cracks in the soil. Overt human vulnerability shrouded in a plosive shell of sawtoothed frequencies and machine drum paranoia. The effect is an unsettling hybrid of softness and uncertainty. A teeth-grinding mess of grit and potent anxiety primed for anti-dancefloor devastation. One to comfort the disturbed or disturb the comfortable, depending on where you’re at.

On the flip ‘Red’ applies this same methodology to a beatless format, noisy chaos swapped out for ascendent grandeur. Here FM’s voice has more room to breathe, floating above an ever expanding synthscape. Reflective prosaic cohesion replaces the A side’s splintered present-tense directives.The rawness remains but on Red it takes the form of a commanding emotive clarity rather than claustrophobic uncertainty. A subtle heartbeat rhythm pulses beneath the nebulous pads, swaying like a slow dance in the early hours.

Out now on Pain Management.

Hyper-limited run of 100 7” records

Written by Larry McCarthy and Eris FM
Lyrics by Eris FM
Mixed by Larry McCarthy at Edgar Studios
Mastered by Ben Tresgaskes
Artwork by Aeriform

Tracklist:
A1. The Fool In Reverse
B1. Red

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