Fixmer/McCarthy - Into the Night

‘Into The Night’ starts with the same-titled intro, a playful piece of electronic music raising the curiosity for the upcoming and what is it that welcomes the listener on ‘Like Voodoo’, a shuffling electro rhythm, preceded by miss-tuned sequences which literally lead you by your nose. The hypnotic oscillating melody which is harbouring unwillingly puts you back into the 80s, just love that song. So the opener woke the lust for more, but you should take a seat before you start with ‘Banging down the Door’. Douglas McCarthy sings sort of, well it’s not that bad, actually I’m surprised that he’s even capable of singing. That track is brilliantly produced Electronic Pop and a perfect prove that the duo gives a damn shit about any genre borders. Instead of monotonous sequencer lines sweet melodies emerge with the sad sound of a violin as highlight I still tend to say that it’s a real one. ‘Love the Night’ also bears the melancholy in its very core and I still can’t say how surprised I am about this sudden penchant for melodies. However, the next track ‘Look To Me’ brings back the old EBM-ish sounds and McCarthy is back in his element, he shouts and screams as if there’s no tomorrow and with a bit of fantasy one can imagine the bursting into ecstasy when their master shouts that track live. It seems like McCarthy has a real fancy for singing as the next track ‘And Then Finally’ again is a paragon of melody, the float, they spread and most importantly touch and if you want you can dance to it as well. ‘Blood and Music’ is seething, it’s like an explosion that is about to happen, it builds up an incredible tension, sparse beats and threatening sequencer lines increase the adrenaline level while Douglas screams out “Dance, Dance, Dance, Dance” and that is the point where you can’t hold back anymore.