Das langerwartete Debutalbum von Mike Connelly und seiner Frau Tara als Clay Rendering liegt
musikalisch zwischen Gothic Ambient Black Metal und Dream Pop. Perhaps the most compelling of
all the many projects started by one-time members of Wolf Eyes Clay Rendering came to life in
2013 and have since released a trio of singles for Hospital Productions that have gained them
the admiration of followers spanning both electronic and metal communities. Their material
occupies unique terrain recalling The Cure's widescreen Disintegration-era instrumentals meets
Cocteau Twins Xmal Deutschland cut through with a Black Metal palette and an appreciation of
electronic music that imbues their production (notably assisted by Dominick Fernow) with an
end-of-world quality that's impossible to pin down. Evoking Nine Inch Nails one moment you
find yourself in a smoke- filled strobe-lit Road House the next bleary-eyed head spinning
coming down. Guitar Accordion Piano and electronics underpin these songs opening with the
whirling death march of 'Maps on The Floor' and the funereal trudge of Swallow The Century
before the grinding fuzz of Sight From Up There changes pace with the addition of a forlorn
piano melody and Becka Diamond's distant vocal zooming in on half-remembered songs rendered
here with hazy definition.
