DRONES / Rickolus – Split

DRONES is Swordplay, PT Burnem and Erick Ackers (who has worked with Swordplay before with their Double Rainbow project). DRONES is somewhere between folk and hip hop. Musically there is a lot of acoustic guitar with simple sparse beats and electronic sounds. The vocals have a deliberately slow and precise delivery with tonal hooks. The lyrics reference technology, dreams and a sense of disillusionment. It’s an interesting concept with a distinctive sound and the songs flow together well.

There is a limited edition vinyl release available from French record label Dora Dorovitch who also released Swordplay’s excellent Tap Water album

Unfortunately I am not really into Rickulos whose songs are a more standard folk pop sound. I would have preferred a full length DRONES album.