Released on: 30th July 2020
ESA venture further into dark techno on the doubly titled Eat Their Young / The Scorn EP. Giving up three new songs and a remix only four months after the release of the Burial 10 album. Where Burial 10 was a trance-like affair with an iVardensphere twist the new EP is more deliberate, dancier and most definitely– delectable.
The tempo has been reigned in since Burial 10 and Jamie (Blacker) cruises through the new tracks Eat Their Young, The Scorn and It Takes Over like a 4WD on a field of its own. The aggression is there, the engine is loud, but there is an element of caution when working over higher frequencies. But that is not to imply that the Eat Their Young EP does not come out on top.
It sounds almost like Jamie and Caitlin Stokes of Corlyx have channeled 90’s legends Front 242 and Front Line Assembly with the title track Eat Their Young. While The Scorn sounds like something Funker Vogt or Feindflug would stick a flag on. ESA has a very definitive style, more similar to iVardensphere for obvious reasons, and those comparisons are provided for scale more than anything. However it is always nice to hear cues from classic industrial acts in modern takes of the genre.
Eat Their Young / The Scorn EP does not redefine dark electronica nor does it offer anything new. But what it does do is build on good old stomping beats to fill the dance floor with a polished and refined sound production. Fortunately for Jamie and co. due to the nature of industrial dancing Cybergoths do not need to socially distance on the dance floor and so I would call this a win for all involved.
7/10
