patricia: side piece

Whether they're spinning around on a dusty 12" or thumping against your chest in a crowded basement club, Patricia's rough-edged tunes are tailor-made for tangible, real-life experiences. Side Piece is a monstrous 12" built from cinderblock kick drums, soot-covered modular synths, hissy tape recordings, and equal parts early Aphex Twin and Underground Resistance. "Drip Dawn" drops its submerged drum-machine groove like a burlap sack full of sewer sludge and rubbery eyeballs. "Hulderhusan" is a cut of deep, percussive techno that runs its 808 rhythms way into the red. "Foie Gras" closes by marrying the best parts of the record's first two songs with dank acid sequences and skittery rhythms.