'Cold Memory' offers ten songs that explore notions of connection – to self, to nature, and to others - across a stunningly diverse collection of modern classics, blending the familiar with the fresh.
Feeling like a mindmap of genres, Melbourne-based Jade Imagine’s sophomore release, Cold Memory, fuses elements of the modern-day indie rock revival with early 2000’s electronic synths in a holistic and cohesive style that hones in on diverse new sounds.
It does so all whilst feeling like a natural extension of the group’s previous work.
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Opener ‘I Guess We’ll Just Wait’ channels harmonious guitar licks akin to Bowie’s revered rendition of ‘All The Young Dudes’, whilst ‘Instinct That I Wanna Know’ adds in a delicious art pop flair through its linear key arrangements and vibrant vocal harmonies.
The title track ‘Cold Memory’ shines with its menacing whispered vocals and grimey subdued basslines; at times evoking a similar dissonance to hearing music playing through the walls of a club.
In a similar fashion to Weyes Blood or Adrianne Lenker, Jade McInally’s vocals are delivered with a dry conviction, making many of her lyrics resonate more as assertions than observations. Although, considering ‘Get Light’ sees McInally humorously state, “I don’t even know if I believe what I’m saying, I feel like I’m spinning shit”, that may be a statement in which the band laments.
Rounding out the 10-track album is the mystifying ‘Lines’. This acoustic epic sees the band deliver their most hauntingly powerful piece of work to date, a memorable closer to an incredibly delicate and well-rounded sophomore release.
