After a wet, wild intro, the trapdoor opens and the true Nun shows up: Uptempo coldwave with modern flashes of pink, green, and yellow. Smears of synth and signs of drum-machine damage (though it might be a dude playing an electronic kit, in neon sunglasses) apparent; no motive for the gruesome squelches of “Kino” offered, either. The future is grim, lives are going to be lost, so let’s play these cartoon instruments until they melt… Can you dig that? Can you dig Nun, by Nun? Then (stay with me) you’re dancing impossibly fast and you wonder if Dark Entries is having a house party. And you forget, for just a second, that the singer is talking about political, real-life shit, and there it is: The contrast between causing a serious ruckus with lyrical persuasiveness coupled with dance-drive beats that NEVER-EVER stop: That’s what makes Nun tick as a unit. Whether they’re going fast or slow, they sink their teeth in and ride their drumz hard. The keys/synths need to be emphasized as well. Darkwave can be a cold, clinical practice, and the synth systems of Nun offer a lot of balancing warmth and aural allure. So who’s going to want to show up for this one, you ask? Wierd people, for one; Geometrik folk, for two; there’s a lot more to that I’m sure, but I feel I’ve provided a contextual framework for you to capitalize on/mine the gems of. (HA!) Another AVANT! joint you’ll want to hit up, hard.
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