On Evil Hour (single)

by Ov Pain

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‘On Evil Hour’ is the second single taken from the upcoming album Reliquary of Dusk, from Dunedin/Melbourne experimental darkwave duo Ov Pain (Tim Player/ Renee Barrance).

The track describes the decline of western society and humanity’s vainglorious misadventures in the name of progress. Transcendental droning synths, paint a sombre otherworldly dreamscape. Barrances signature gravid organ-like chords uncoil across the track in stark contrast to her celestial voice.

The minimalist in Barrance wants us to see what is kaleidoscopic in long sustained droning notes whose harmonic element is much more than it first seems. The overall effect is startlingly beautiful, each delirious moment folding into the next with a delicacy that comes from years of practice as an improviser.

Player, much more in the background here, operates the rhythm section, bringing to the track’s mix a definite weightiness combined with fast-attacking white-noise hits from an array of sampled material. Negative space within the chiselled-down drum patterns and grooves leaves exposed a trace of digitalia as it implodes and multiplies. ‘On Evil Hour’ is haunting and sublime and just a taste of what it is to be found on this exceptional record.

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Is it parched?
This throat
Our habitat
Our slow boat

Vain glory
And only that
Heraldic chants
And only that

Feign closeness
Feign glory
Feign all things
To build a story

Some will linger
Some just can't
Some will touch the water
Stars grow shorter

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released November 23, 2023
Ov Pain are Renee Barrance and Tim Player

Renee plays Korg Minilouge, Korg ms20, vocals.
Tim plays electron Octatrack sampler/ sequencer.

Recorded by: Simon Maisch
Mastered by: Lawrence English
Cover Art: Ov Pain

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Ov Pain Dunedin, New Zealand

Comprised of partners Renee Barrance (Élan Vital) and Tim Player (Opposite Sex), OV PAIN have been working out of Dunedin, New Zealand, for the past 12 months and are currently touring in Germany. they lay waste to that imbecilic notion that new possibilities within rock and roll are destined to be staid bloated rituals engineered in pursuit of a cheap buck or a quick fuck. ... more

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