Berlin-based duo CYRK take a minimalist approach to EBM, stripping “Obsession” back to thudding beats and prickly synths. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 12, 2020
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It's always commendable to get such records these days, especially with fronted EBM's songwriting, but this is formulaic: one-note lyrics & themes, typical late 90s dark electro vox with slight vocoder's stylings, stale 2000's futurepop sounding synths. There's hardly any juicy industrial beats or samples to heat up your cybersexually. On top of that the vocals lack infernal intensity or not processed enough to sound grippingly cursed. Decent, but it kinda kickstarts only by the 10th track. Symbolic ‡ Tentacles