FUCK

Release #3 from the Finnish solo act CRUSHING MY PALMS BETWEEN THE GLASS SHARDS YOU GAVE ME is my first release reviewed from 2023! And what an adorable title for this release. Simply F.U.C.K! This artist also known as Zero seems to like short EP releases with the last one "Wake Up! A New Dawn Is Waiting for You" only barely exceeding 18 minutes.

F.U.C.K is slightly shorter and barely exceeds 17 minutes. This one features five tracks and continues the mix of post-rock, emoviolence, electronica, ambient and industrial noise. This release tamps down the screamo and black metal influences and opts for a more ethereal approach.

"Reducing The Grain" starts with a piano groove and evolves into a hypnotic electronic loop. "Individuals Double-Crossing or Not, Cry Myself to Sleep" starts off as a freaky power electronic track and then kind of remains in a hypnotic droning state with a few swirling effects on the lower range of the sound spectrum.

"To Find a Purpose in an Ever Absurd World" gets all aggro in a post-industrial way like an angry Throbbing Gristle with a power noise hiss. Nice production as it allows more ambient piano tinklings to interact with it. The crazy electro-grooves are indicative of some of the newer extreme subgenres of electronic music.

"Waking Up" is basically a 48-second hive of hornets effect in electronic form. "Angels Stuck In Hell, Forever Is One Of The Flood" is the longest track over 5 minutes and is basically noise electronica with a subdued melodic effect subdued in the background. Most will probably find this extremely annoying. It's OK but there's tons of noise electronica out there these days. Nothing really to latch onto.

I was highly impressed with CRUSHING's last EP with its inventive approach to post-rock that offered all kinds of interesting experiments on the way. This EP simply feels like a sampler for various modern electronic music effects. Not bad as i do like this kind of post-industrial power noise stuff but this release isn't anything to get excited about.