Sort of like being poisoned, “Balm (Icaria Sunstroke)” — newest Housewives video/single — plays out like the first-person view one gets during a kidnapping. Or a memory of a dream that’s as scattered as it played out when it first happened. Hectic in rhythm and melody, “Balm (Icaria Sunstroke)” is that long-distance entrance that pins one down as much as sets that same ONE free. In sonorous inebriations, Housewives tatters mental matter into an oblivion, from minimalist punches and strokes, and a full-on assault of sonic permutation. So when the night out has gone into double vision, and giving a vagabond $20 for directions in the wrong direction seem like the best decision, your judgement has turned into “Balm (Icaria Sunstroke).” It’s best if you went home to the newest Hands in the Dark Records LP of Housewives. There, you can spin yourself into a frenzy with Work, as Housewives ensnare even the most tickled of music purveyors.
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