Album Review: Makeness - Loud Patterns

Makeness, aka Kyle Molleson, has been dropping some fine 12"s since 2015 but it really was the track Acid Dad that hooked us a couple of years back.

Dropping his first LP, Molleson delivers here a lively blast of experimental dance music that's survived a head-on collision with more psychedelic indie and folk. That's not to say this album is a train wreck, as Molleson's approach to making music is fearless but also masterful. The title track bounces out of speakers with techno repetitive beats and wobbly synths but the palette of sounds tends toward electro-acoustic live instrumentation and isn't typical indie-dance fodder. Molleson's odd folksy vocals float somewhat eerily above the mix.

As the album progresses mad pop hooks are thrown at us on cuts like Who Am I To Follow Love and Stepping Out Of Sync. The cheesy bass drum kick of Gold Star sees Molleson spinning us about on the very quirky dance floor that he's created. The second half of the album is intended to keep us dancing but things like the woozy horns of 14 Drops suggest that repeat listening will take you deeper into the mix.

Perhaps reminiscent of LCD Soundsystem, Makeness still sounds like nothing else.