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A Winged Victory For The Sullen 'Iris' (Erased Tapes)
A Winged Victory For The Sullen’s Dustin O’Halloran and Adam Wiltzie have a mysterious and expansive sound that’s perfect for movie scores. The duo’s latest is for Iris, a film by French director Jalil Lespert. There are similarities with Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein’s evocative Stranger Things soundtrack in the opening ‘Prologue Iris’, with its recurring string motif and analogue synth swell. A heavy bass throb infects ‘Retour au Champs de Mars’, beating out a slow, muted rhythm like a submarine engine, while the pair channel labelmate Nils Frahm with the emotive strings, piano and frazzled electronica of ‘Comme on a Dit’. S Worthy
8/10
