Exciter

After a brief hiatus, DM returns refreshed and ready to go.I've never been a huge fan, but they always have a few tracks that you never get tired of (Personal Jesus, Master And Servant, Policy Of Truth, World In My Eyes, Everything Counts, etc). The new album, Exciter, definitely takes DM into a new sound. They've always been on the electronica tip, and here they really embrace the advances that we've seen in the genre in the last 5 years. Younger listeners who've never heard of DM (are there any?) would think these were a bunch of hip early 20's brits. Which, aside from the age, they are. The dark pop that Gore is famous for is well suited to the resurgence of analog (even if it's via emulation) and there is a nice distorted tonality on a lot of the tracks that reminds me of early NIN. Somehow they manage to get an acoustic sound on some tracks in the midst of the electronica, and the effect is jolting and perfect.

Hot tracks on the first few listens: Dead of Night, Freelove, I am You, Sweetest Condition.