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Cat: PIASR 447LP. Rel: 18 Mar 19
Experimental/Electronic

Side 1 - Track 1. 2nd WorldSide 1 - Track 2. EraserSide 1 - Track 3. SyncSide 2 - Track 1. BloomSide 2 - Track 2. ButterSide 2 - Track 3. PanamaSide 3 - Track 1. A ListSide 3 - Track 2. ZincSide 3 - Track 3. TykwerSide 4 - Track 1. AlaskaSide 4 - Track 2. ShinichiSide 4 - Track 3. KanteSide 4 - Track 4. Go?

HVOB's fourth full length, "Rocco", is undoubtedly the Viennese duo's most expansive and ambitious work to date. It's a conceptual work, with the two LP set's 13 tracks being linked by "connected narratives" that explore "letting go, farewells and new beginnings". While there's a weightiness to the concept, the resultant music is surprisingly diverse, with the duo offering up both all-out dancefloor moments and more reflective home-listening fare that's in turn cheerily positive, introspectively melancholic and wholeheartedly poignant. Highlights include the piano-laden downtempo bliss of "2nd World", a swirling vocal number that increases in intensity as the track progresses - the breakbeat-driven, wall-of-sound sparkle of "Bloom" and the drowsy, heart-aching tech-house-pop of recent single "Panama".