Reviews
January: 10 dubstep & grime releases you need to hear this month
Gun fingers at the ready
Tune of the month
Trends & Boylan 'Norman Bates' (Oil Gang)
We’re big fans of Trends and Boylan’s individual takes on instrumental grime, but together they produce music befitting of the apocalypse. ‘Norman Bates’, probably their darkest record to date, has already been doing damage for the best part of a year. From the rasping opening bars, it’s obvious that it’s been built for impact, but it’s the missile-like, low-end stabs – each of which seems to come with its own shockwave – that really hammer home. Hear it on a system and your life will never be the same again.
9/10
