COLD BEAT - Mother LP ambient proves that guitar riffs fused

proves that guitar riffs fused with synth-pop are a timeless mixture

the faux-dumbass sensibilities of the Ramones and the sly musical inventiveness of the Dead Kennedys

but this unvarnished quality serves the music rather than detracts from it

they didn’t travel too far beyond an inner circle of New Zealand underground heads

COLD BEAT - Mother LP ambient proves that guitar riffs fusedWound tight with an energy that ricochets from one song into the next, Mother was made while frontperson Hannah Lew (formerly of indie trio GRASS WIDOW) was pregnant and considering the chaotic conditions of the world she was bringing a new human into. If we consider Mother an artistic style guide through space and time, the framework Cold Beat provide is overcast by design but focused in execution; locked in drums and synths with choir like melodies