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Fake Is Real

by SDH

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4rkz
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4rkz Like being in the early 80s then I look in the mirror and fall to earth with a big thud. Really good lyrics , musicianship and singing
Symbolic ‡ Tentacles
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Symbolic ‡ Tentacles SDH has been one of my absolute favorite gloomy italo-disco bands these years, but this LP is still a surprise sharper than a diamond nail. Sergi Algiz managed to made a tight, vibrant, moving and instaintly gripping sonic palette of pretty contrasting styles - from club synth-pop to moody industrial techno bordering on EBM. As a result the crisis mindset within is snappy and right in the heart thx to Andrea adapting to the new dynamics. Peak danceable meltdown. Favorite track: Talk In Dreams.
abizsonko
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abizsonko El disco del año. Favorite track: Cellular Sky.
Synthx
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Synthx Wow! SDH are mind-blowing live! This album was brought to life and makes every subsequent listen that much more special. Quickly becoming a favorite band from this whole album.
Buy it nao! Favorite track: Denial.
Jose Francisco Carsí Navarro
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Jose Francisco Carsí Navarro The singles were already showing the potential of the album, bit the hidden gems inside make the whole project even better. Andrea and Sergi move a step forward mixing electronic styles very smartly. The album is like coming back to the late 80s in the valencian coast club route when Valencia was the mediterranean Manchester. Favorite track: Talk In Dreams.
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1.
Balance 03:35
All the voices speak to me They talk about the place where I should be But I'm not ubiquitous Though I wish I was The time and the silence got on me their claws Projection, projection Should I go this way? Words, sounds and melodies Define what I say My spirit goes in strange thoughts I drink a beer and maybe two shots I can wander when I’m not lucid My body is borderless and fluid I’m like Lord Chandos, maybe I should get some sleep I’ll drink moon's milk; may the balance guide me Why do I always rumble and talk with no sense The words get stuck and I want them to dance
2.
Denial 03:01
What's inside your closed fist? What water are you giving me? What am I drinking? Why am I still thirsty? What is this trick? What's inside your closed fist? You know I like it thick You know it has to be big Denial has to be big What is this trick? Tell me what you’re hiding You’re building a memory Do you think it might be deep? Denial has to be big What is this trick?
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I’m holding you I'm caressing me It's easier for us to talk in dreams I’m holding me I’m caressing you The fire of my mind burns for you too The beast sitting next to us She wants us to feed her
4.
Hollowed Out 04:16
We could’ve done it differently But we get oblique all the time And you can say… There is something more To when hands that hold the words When those hands don’t work When those hands don’t work But maybe those words Should travel untouched Probably hollowed out Probably hollowed out Leaving a scent trail From my mouth to yours From your nose to mine Probably hollowed out Probably hollowed out Hollowed out These words are hollowed out We get oblique all the time And you can say there is something more But these words are probably hollowed out
5.
Cellular Sky 03:57
Don’t leave the room Today we’re going Into the night It is not easy When everything seems Oh, so light Cause all we have Is glued to our skin Because all we have is in these four walls Which will remain for many more years Unlike you and me Turn off the lights Give me that gesture That wants to express Give me that nothing Give me that nothing You got it right Cause all we have Is glued to our skin Because all we have is in these four walls Which will remain for many more years Unlike you and me We can enter the night We just have to stay in
6.
We are both here For better and for worse And if you only talk To get a response Maybe we, maybe we… Maybe we are not understanding each other You say you live at night But have you seen it yet? You say you want to amuse me but look at my mouth Do I look like I'm laughing? You say you can't help but desire like this But all I can see is your body twisting You say you look at me with your open eyes But are you looking at my body? I can see that you don't like this? Yet here you are Now I'm laughing
7.
Our Fear 03:11
If you would listen to me You would already know Everything that is happening… I can't chase the glow If you can’t listen to me, It's useless to speak To the wind, like there’s something That could really change Our fear is the same Our flame is the same But… But not really Will it ever change?
8.
Greedy 03:21
You make me greedy but it's not your fault It's your reflection, your confident walk This seems eternal… And when I try to contain myself Where is my bed and my common sense? I hope you see me I can't be with you or with myself What is this sound? It never ends How can we be talking about the same? Look at my hands, I don’t recognize them I never knew if you were my friend You think you hear me with all this mess Time goes by and I'm away And all that noise is still in my head
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Hectic 06:48
I’ve already been there You are here in every prayer From each fallen eyelash We make a new clean crystal glass And it grows it grows It’s getting close Don’t tell me anymore that I don’t know how to speak Can’t you see we’re burning? The flames will give way to the morning You don’t care about the wreckage How can you avoid every message? Something cannot be exceeded When there is no edge You don’t need it Each word is selected This is getting hectic

about

The duo formed by Andrea P. Latorre and Sergi Algiz is a specialist in shedding skin and gladly combines new heteronyms in Fake is Real, their sophomore album after their self titled debut in 2018 and subsequent EPs Against Strong Thinking and Maybe a Body, which have been full of reinterpretations and remixes. Another sign is that they trust their modus operandi to mutation and the idea that nothing is ever quite said.
It’s been three years of work, growth and numerous performances in venues and festivals throughout Europe.

In Fake is Real, SDH go out once again in search of nightclubs that are familiar, but never obvious. The occasion is tremendous and the list of honorees is select: beginning with the producer Kris Baha, who has provided forcefulness to the rhythmic base and prominence to the voices.
The dress code transcends the categories of dark wave, to dress as mischievous EBM, with accessories from new dance, acid house and disrupted but melodic techno, with structured twists that come to caress the electronic psychedelia. Ready to play? Let's play. Let's change our epidermis, let's confuse our coats in the dark.

Knowing that only in the dark is where everything unpronounceable can have a place, they dedicate first track Balance to John Balance from Coil. With a quote from Lord Chandos, it seems that words can rot in their mouths -the words get stuck and I want them to dance- and, nevertheless, they manage to make us dance above all the unspeakable.

Denial starts from a tribute to Pasolini and to absolute denial, it sounds wayward and the message is an anarchist categorical. It is followed by the threatening Talk In Dreams, which highlights the musical bestiality that is generated between Sergi Algiz and Andrea P. Latorre, and Hollowed Out, an ambient siren song with a final twist that takes us back to the dance floors of the 90s. Cellular Sky takes us to more danceable horizons that blend into the acid house twisted fantasy of Do I Look Like I'm Laughing?, one of the oldest compositions of the band that finally lets itself be seen in dim light.

Our Fear puts techno between the strings and Greedy adds more dysphoria to the synth wave, moving towards disco music. Finally, Hectic is a song that hacks all the musical structures that have influenced the band, becoming the cornerstone of their most restless album.

A work open to so many influences, that it gives a pleasant vertigo to be involved in it. If you've ever been afraid of the night, Fake is Real offers you a reconciliation with all its rhythms that invites you to move together in the club.

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released June 30, 2023

SDH is Andrea P. Latorre and Sergi Algiz. Written and recorded in Barcelona and Valencia between 2020 and 2021. Vocals recorded by Opio del Mono at Millenia Studios, Valencia. Produced and mixed by Kris Baha. Master by Gianni Peri. Photo concept by Alejandro Molina.

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