What’s Really Underneath?
BLUE GRAPE MUSIC
Metalcore saviours swap the pit for a rave
REMIX RELEASES COME just below b-sides and rarities compilations but above cover albums in terms of music you want from a band. Yet Code Orange are a more tantalising proposition, given their masterful application of electronic elements on their previous efforts. On top of that is the fact the subject of the remix is the flawless Underneath, an album whose potential impact was so cruelly hamstrung by Covid seemingly hitting the day of its release.
While undoubtedly serves as a stopgap before the next extraordinary thing the Pittsburgh quintet are cooking up – if last single is anything to go by, it’ll be worth the wait – it’s an absorbing experience in its own right. Much like Blood Incantation’s latest ambient release, this album unmistakably has its creators’ fingerprints all over it, despite lacking
