Chromatics (US)

 

This Portland, Oregon, trio have been honing their trademark stuffy, grimy retro-electronic sound for over a decade. The group’s first commercial success came with their appearance on the phenomenal soundtrack to the equally excellent picture Drive, composed by none other than Johnny Jewel, producer and member of Chromatics. Their latest album, Kill For Love, clocking in a 90 minutes, is a kind of extension of that aesthetic, augmented with new ideas and sounds. “This is a modern masterpiece, it’s as simple as that,” raved one Drowned in Sound reviewer. We have no quarrel with that.