Bleep

The Liars/Szun Waves member Laurence Pike delivers his latest LP of expansive post-jazz innovations in the form of Prophecy. Prophecy came to life during the Australian bushfires of early 2020, and even before you have heard the record the titles of these tracks - ‘Prophecy’, ‘New Normal’, ‘Death Of Science’ - intimate that you are about to listen to music made in a moment of profound change. It is no surprise, then, that the album is full of nervous energy and textures pregnant with a sense of spiritual depth. The one-take drums-and-sampler approach Pike has used to make this music brings to mind Eli Keszler, but there is also a quiet fervour about Prophecy which reminds one of Afrikan Sciences.