BELGRADO - "INTRA APOGEUM" LP

LULU'S:

Intra Apogeum brings more danceable post wave punk disco from BELGRADO. Their fourth album heads further towards New Order’s synth pop stylings with their own contemporary wrinkles; moody, phat, layered, politickle. Definitely an after dinner treat, it’s got the makings of a late nite fog machine/ketamine dirty dancin’ hit machine. It would be unfair to not mention the bass playing on this album - someone has been practising and it shows - some of these bass lines are insane. It’s a pretty intense listen, the aforementioned layers can overwhelm in parts but that’s nothing a bit of a volume bump and wanton attitude can’t fix. Turn the bass up, turn the lights off and commit crime or passion. BELGRADO are there for it.

LVEUM: Seven long years have passed since Barcelona beauties Belgrado last bestowed a full length upon the citizens of Planet Earth, but the wait is over, and 'Intra Apogeum' is here to make your life worth living again.

With a new bassist in tow, a couple of fresh-out-the-box synths, and drummer Jonathan Sirit switching from kit-bashing to button-pushing, you might be forgiven for thinking your favourite post-punkers have gone cuckoo and lost it. But fear not - more than a decade in the game and Belgrado still know What They Are Doing. Eight sleek-n-chic numbers that simultaneously burn white hot and ice cold. As with their previous record 'Obraz', Belgrado have taken the Xmal Banshees template and bled out in all directions, stylishly blending a classic post-punk intuition with elements of disco, dub and psychedelia, now with added textures of electronic lushness.

Recorded in both Barcelona and singer Patrcyja Proniewska's native Warsaw, 'Intra Apogeum' is testament to a band committed to pushing forward and investigating the new whilst clearly demonstrating they know who they are. Belgrado is back - viva Belgrado!