When people ask which new bands they should be listening to right now, SALEM (and Telepathe) are easily my first response. Their tormented lo-fi electro with its crooked, otherworldy vocals might at times seem an uneasy listen, but there’s so much depth to it, it’s an addictive uneasy listen.

Following their first two releases on Acephale and Merok, Japan’s Big Love Records took care of their third release, which features OHK and Sweat (I), restricting it to just 300 copies. I think it’s well and truly sold out now, so you’ll have to make do with the mp3 below, (which is on the lighter side of the SALEM spectrum) and check out the SALEM-directed clip for Dirt with all of its smoke-obstructed Aphex Twin-like grotesqueness.

SALEM – DIRT from ACEPHALE on Vimeo.

SALEM – OHK

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