OPTIC SINK - Glass Blocks LP

Limited to 500 copies.

Includes 11"x17" riso insert + d/l code.

Highly recommended.

For fans of synth-punk / minimalist-synth acts like Oppenheimer Analysis, The Petticoats, and Robert Rental and Thomas Leer.

Seven originals and a rendition of LiLiPUT's "A Silver Key Can Open An Iron Lock, Somewhere" define Optic Sink and their remarkable style with a clarity and power seldom realised in a studio setting. Hoffmann and Bauermeister command the high end of the mix with a gamut of perfectly dialed synth and percussive tones while Cooper's bass serves as rhythmic anchor. There's far more to dive into, whether it's the cold, driving beat of "Modelesque" or the minimal, percussive brilliance heard on "Glass Blocks". Perhaps the best part of the formula is the sheer amount of natural energy that gleams through the mix. Like a warm refraction of musical chemistry and originality, Optic Sink have struck gold with 'Glass Blocks'.

"...motorik-punk with sass and class, the drums locked in place, the guitars thin and queasy and Hoffmann’s dead-stare vocals penetrating any non-metal surface. Sounds like Blondie if they signed to Subterranean in 1980 and were never heard from again by 1982. “Landscape Shift” is the flip, leaning harder into the rhythm-boxes and synths, eschewing guitars entirely while Hoffmann’s vocal sneer maintains a post-punk rather than new-wave stance." - YGR