Lieu Noir - On The Bed Confused

I'm still processing how amazing that last month's Sniper Bait LP is, but no rest for the wicked I guess, because John Katsav is back with a new album as Lieu Noir. Nefarious phonk, funeral trap, gloom witchhouse and sci-findustrial clash on "On The Bed Confused", forming a captivating release that's an ode to screwed music. Recorded between 2018 and 2022, the album effortlessly combines aforementioned underground styles, and further twists and distorts them achieving a laidback yet suspenseful lo-fi feel. "On Your Way Back Bring Some Ice" is such a sick track and one of my personal highlights here, like an evil soundtrack to Predator's hunting season. I fear that my top 10 of 2022 will be made of entirely of John's releases this year. Unstoppable force, don't sleep.

"On The Bed Confused" is out on Paso Inferior Tapes, and can be purchased here. Stream below.

Lieu Noir - Absent Gods & Dead Immortals

Long-awaited new album "Absent Gods & Dead Immortals" from Lieu Noir just dropped on Paso Inferior Tapes bandcamp. There are currently three tracks available for stream, that suggest a sonic coctail of dreampunk ambience, lo-tempo beats and distorted black metal vocals. "Opium Stash" sounds like a recording of Orcs plotting a raid, sick. A must buy for the next bandcamp day.

Cop the album here, and stream it below.

Lieu Noir - Two Blood Trails, Two Riffles

French magazine Bad to the Bone curates an interesting podcast called Blank where they invite contemporary, experimental artists and ask them to put together a mixtape for their series. Their latest offering comes for Lieu Noir aka CRAVE, and it's a chilling 70-minute long journey through desolate industrial spaces and post-apocalyptic deserts. Towards the end we get to hear his new single "Absent Gods & Dead Immortals", lifted from the upcoming EP on his own label Paso Inferior Tapes. Tapes).