Ambulatory explores further what was started with Cyst: it's a super-smart hybrid of noisecore and drum'n'bass, with tons of texture and depth. Chilling noise-ambient opener "Admission" starts things off, after which we get into what appears the lightly rhythmic "Hope (living in stereo)," only to be ambushed mid-way through by an awesomely psychotic glitch-freakout. "Unrelax" is a great example of how well The Wretch blends atmospheric sounds with harder-edged ones, and the remix closer of "Alerting" has as huge, future-industrial sound. This genre can too often be mindless, but not The Wretch. The rhythms here are ultra-savvy and the sonic pallette, gigantic. They've got it going on.
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[hifilofi] 01-Admission (1:47)
[hifilofi] 02-Hope (in living stereo) (3:41)
[hifilofi] 03-Comfort (4:24)
[hifilofi] 04-Alerting (4:03)
[hifilofi] 05-Shaker (4:05)
[hifilofi] 06-Ambulatory (4:17)
[hifilofi] 07-Spinal rape (3:07)
[hifilofi] 08-Harnessed (4:05)
[hifilofi] 09-Distress (3:22)
[hifilofi] 10-Drastic (4:42)
[hifilofi] 11-Terror (Dub) (4:21)
[hifilofi] 12-Unrelax (4:49)
[hifilofi] 13-Specimen (5:46)
[hifilofi] 14-Sickness (4:24)
[hifilofi] 15-Release (4:27)
[hifilofi] 16-Alerting (FSoS:Mix) (6:31)