Lav's Music Corner

Blanck Mass is the solo project of British musician Benjamin John Power who first gained notoriety as one half of pioneering drone duo Fuck Buttons. Since 2011 Power has released 5 albums worth of genre bending drone and industrial music under this solo project, and with only two long form tracks on In Ferneaux  it promises to be the most experimental outing yet. Review By Lav: While I wasn't head over heels for either of the first two Blanck Mass albums in recent years the project has completely won me over. 2017's World Eater  featured a number of absolutely crushing long-form industrial ragers that melted my mind with their intensity, but it was the next project 2019's Animated Violence Mild  that really knocked me off my feet. That same intense and uncompromising sound is applied to a genre blending set of industrial, drone, electronica, rock and pop songs that sounded truly unique and ended up being one of my favorite albums of the year when all was said and done. I ...

Blanck Mass is the solo project of Benjamin John Power who spent the first years of his career as one half of experimental electronic music duo Fuck Buttons before taking their fusion of industrial rock and electronic pop into Blanck Mass. Review By Lavender: I have always been a huge fan of Fuck Buttons and I am not silent about that, despite the fact that some heretics in the indie community have tried to retroactively insist that the duo's three records weren't as groundbreaking and excellent as we all knew they we're when they dropped. Street Horrsing , Tarot Sport  and even Slow Focus  are records I still keep in my rotation which is why I was so excited for Blanck Mass. As a solo act I have still been impressed with Blanck Mass but not quite on the same level as Fuck Buttons, and on their last record World Eater  I was enamored with the sheer heaviness of the distorted guitars, but some of the shorter compositions managed to never really feel fulfilling. Afte...