Bleep

Hemlock’s welcome return to the fold after a year off in 2016 bears more fruit with two new cuts by label boss Untold. Akin to recent drops from Parris and Bruce as well as James Blake’s dalliances with the label, the music here hovers at the edge of the dancefloor. ‘Tear Up The Club’ yokes together static hisses, music concrete and the ghost of a dubstep half-time for a track that delivers on its title in the sense that it seeks to take apart the sounds of club music in order to bring out something more nuanced. B-side ‘Watton Res’ skitters around the headphones, with a sputtering drum track turned inside out underneath more quixotic atmospherics. Carefully conceived and richly detailed, Untold has delivered one of the year’s most unique releases.