Album Review: Marc Houle - Fusion Pop

Too soft and trebly to pack a punch, Fusion Pop conveys a lot of style and little substance via maddeningly repetitive techno. For all attempted moody artistry, this title track could pass for a stripped-back Lady Gaga song with its robotic chants of, “Fusion! Pop. Fusion! Pop”. Meanwhile, the garbled, recurring, “Hello friend,” – the only lyrics to the track of the same name – is more irksome than spooky. After a while it's enough to drive anyone into a paranoid fit. Despite some pleasantly odd disjointedness, there's not enough to detract from these tracks' tedious melodies.