In August 2017, Ghostly International will reissue Com Truise's Cyanide Sisters EP in premium 12" jacket. The first official Com Truise release - originally a digital download through AMDISCS in 2010, remastered and expanded by Ghostly in 2012 - Cyanide Sisters was an electrifying introduction to a prodigious new talent. At the time Seth Haley was a designer by trade, making music out of his bedroom in Princeton, New Jersey with a collection of analogue equipment. While many of his contemporaries were mining nostalgia as an end unto itself, Haley recombined older musical forms as a means of expressing something deeper and more ambitious, building a carefully conceived picture of the artist's vibrant inner world. Stream Com Truise Cyanide Sisters at Spotify
Cyanide Sisters is perhaps even more singular and satisfying now in the context of the Com Truise discography: as the terrestrial starting place, prior to the launch of a space saga (Galactic Melt up through Iteration). The collection's beauty lies somewhere between IDM, '80s synth-pop, Factory Records, classic Italo disco synthesizers, and glitch electronica, soaking its opening title track with thick, damp ambience and a slow, chunky drum-machine groove. Soon, the sound dries off, lightening into a suite of sun-drenched textures and constantly unraveling song structures - a sonic imprint that only grows and blossoms as the album progresses. The vocals that echo throughout "Pyragony" bounce from the ethereal to the robotic, always melting into a slow-churned blend of melodic fire and digital molasses. Despite his ever-present melancholy, Com Truise is playful throughout, dusting "Norkuy" with disco-ball flecks and putting the top down for the convertible cruise of "Space Dust." The EP closes with "Innerfacer," a trippy synth experiment that revisits the vibe of the release's opener and brings the record full circle. Even in expanded form, Com Truise's Cyanide Sisters EP is a complete work, meticulously conjuring nostalgia for its multifarious influences while filtering them through a modern aesthetic for younger, hungrier ears.Order via Ghostly International
COM TRUISE TOUR DATES
08.25 Cincinnati, OH @ Summer Music Series On Fountain Square
08.30 Fresno, CA @ Strummer's~
09.01 Sacramento, CA @ Harlow's~
09.02 Reno, NV @ Cargo at Whitney Peak Hotel~
09.05 Bellingham, WA @ The Wild Buffalo~
09.06 Victoria, BC @ Sugar~
09.07 Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory Concert House~
09.08 Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory Concert House~
09.09 Missoula, MT @ Top Hat Lounge~
09.11 Calgary, AB @ Commonwealth Bar & Stage~
09.12 Edmonton, AB @ The Starlite Room~
09.13 Saskatoon, SK @ Amigos Cantina~
09.14 Winnipeg, MANITOBA @ West End Cultural Center~
09.16 Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre
09.18 Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre~
09.19 Grand Rapids, MI @ The Pyramid Scheme~
09.20 Ann Arbor, MI @ Blind Pig~
09.21 Columbus, OH @ A&R Music Bar~
09.22 Buffalo, NY @ The Waiting Room
09.23 Syracuse, NY @ The Lost Horizon~
09.24 Anchorage, AK @ Williwaw~
10.02 Richmond, VA @ The Broadberry~
10.03 Durham, NC @ Motorco Music Hall~
10.04 Asheville, NC @ New Mountain Theatre~
10.05 Athens, GA @ Georgia Theatre~
10.06 Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West~
10.07 Orlando, FL @ The Social~
10.08 Tampa, FL @ Crowbar~
10.10 Miami, FL @ Bardot~
10.11 Tallahassee, FL @ Club Downunder~
10.12 New Orleans, LA @ Hi Ho Lounge~
10.13 Memphis, TN @ 1884 Lounge~
10.14 Oklahoma City, OK @ ACM @ UCO Performance Lab~
10.17 Colorado Springs, CO @ The Black Sheep~
10.18 Aspen, CO @ Belly Up Aspen~
10.19 Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Music Hall~
10.20 Las Vegas, NV @ Beauty Bar~
10.21 Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom~
10.24 Paris, FR @ Le Batofar
10.25 Istanbul, TR @ Salon
10.26 Bucharest, RO @ Control Club
10.27 Milan, IT @ Magnolia
10.28 Rome, IT @ Ex Dogana
10.30 Oslo, NO @ Parkteatret
10.31 Bergen, NO @ Landmark
11.01 Berlin, DE @ Cassiopeia
11.02 Glasgow, UK @ Stereo
11.04 Dublin, IE @ Button Factory
11.07 Bristol, UK @ Fleece
11.08 London, UK @ Oval Space
~ with Nosaj Thing
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