Not
often do you find an artist with a fitting name, though it probably just
happens more than I remember, but Space Program proves that the name is
appropriate as most of the music heard on this split can sound as if it comes
from space.
There
is distorted synth that somewhat resembles Star Wars and it can sound like the
intro to Stone Temple Pilots version of “Vaseline”. It is
minimal with church bell sounds somehow and then there is some weird audio clip
that might be the result of a voice mail.
Hints of a rainstorm give way to
tones from an old drama before the synth bubbles like a Land of the Lost
effect. This all ends with rising tones
from xylophones that bring to mind fizzy lifting drinks, yet it bears repeating
that this is all set in space.
Latex
Lynx doesn’t really live up to their name, though I’m not sure how a lynx
(which is an animal) made out of latex (which is like plastic) would sound, so
that might not be such a bad thing. From
ambient dark strings to distorted haunts, this is best listened to with earbuds
in during the witching hour. There is
the strumming of a guitar such as one would do before kicking into their live
set, so thus I have “Hello Cleveland” stuck in my head. From boiling water to radio station static,
this is best perhaps known as kilowatt rock with the hum of a florescent light
bulb and piano keys of “Mad World”.
In some
ways, Space Program and Latex Lynx are different, yet at times they sound quite
similar. It’d almost be fair to say that
they tried to create the same illusion here, only Space Program set out to do
so in space where as Latex Lynx set out to do it in time.
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