Aurora - Letherique (Bella Ursa Recordings)

 

Title: Aurora

Artist: Letherique

Label: Bella Ursa Recordings

Cat Number: BUR005

Genre: Conceptual Post Apocalyptic Beats

1: Under The Bombs

2: The Last Seagull On Earth

3: A Tatons

4: Radioactive Sunrise

5: Flesh Eaters

6: Zombie Mambo

7: Glow In The Dust

8: La Comedie

9: Nether Boulevard

10: Goodbye Old World

Bella Ursa is a label straight outta Strasbourg in France, and helmed by Letherique who, as well as being behind this album, could be a sex robot. In this context however, he/she/it is at the cosmic controls of an abstract mothership, traversing the outer limits of the post apocalyptic imagination. It’s an entertaining experience, which uses eighties – tinged synth grandiosity as a backdrop for its symphonic and dramatic leanings. Heavy on mood and dejection, it often gets the beats out, as in ‘Under The Bombs’ ‘A Tatons’, ‘Zombie Mambo’, Glow In The Dust’, ‘La Comedie’ and ‘Nether Boulevard’, while tracks, like ‘The Last Seagull On Earth’ , ‘Radioactive Sunrise’ and ‘Flesh Eaters’ sound like big room rock opera. By the time you’ve reached the somnolent ambience of ‘Goodbye Old World’, you’ve reached the end of a road littered with anti utopian symbolism with a satirical underbelly.