So I finally bought Heartworms’ EP, “A Comforting Notion” because their new single “May I Comply” came out, and to promote it they did a run of a limited edition flexidisc of the single.
I opened it just now since it arrived today.
This bitch is signed
IT’S FUCKING SIGNED
I’M GONNA EXPLODE, LAUGH, CRY, CUM IDK BUT OMG
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Heartworms EP Review: A Comforting Notion
(Speedy Wunderground)
BY JORDAN MAINZER
A Comforting Notion, the debut EP from Jojo Orme’s dark dance project Heartworms, is the platonic artist’s statement. That is, the four tracks that make up the South London artist’s release are uniform in their aesthetic, cohesive in their themes, and provocative in their visualized form. Released on Speedy Wunderground (and produced by label founder Dan Carey), the record is classic goth-punk: wiry guitars, metronomic drum loops, vocals that elevate from whispered sprechgesang to shouted chants. “Ugly is the man, he’ll chew his eyes,” Orme sings, sinister and foreboding. On word workout “Retributions of an Awful Life”, she bounces back and forth over harmonic bass wobbles, glassy synths, and propulsive percussion, reciting lines like, “Very stressed, unimpressed / This is fun / In fact, it’s keeping me awake,” like she’s going down a checklist, yet fully knowing that moods are anything but simple, often multitudinous.
Best, Orme is aware of the genre’s history and what came before her. Her interest in military and aviation imagery is legit, having started volunteering at The Royal Air Force Museum, and she appropriates it without succumbing to the genre’s dabbling in fascism. In essence, she ironically finds a sense of individuality in donning uniforms while performing, something distinct from the all-black palate of her forebears. Taken in context of a song like “24 Hours”, a dissociative track about Orme not fitting in at school, Heartworms’ at-times monochromatic vocalization and percussion is a powerful push-pull between conformity and individuality. Orme named the band after the 2017 album from The Shins, whose sunny melancholy is as far a cry as possible from Heartworms’ grey soundscapes. Funny enough, James Mercer’s father was in the U.S. Air Force, and while that has never really made it into the New Mexico band’s music, the factoid is the cherry on top of Heartworms’ mood board, unexpectedly deep and wide.
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Track of the day // Heartworms - Retributions of an Awful Life
From the EP A Comforting Notion, out March 24th via Speedy Wunderground.
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New Video: Heartworms Shares Startling and Cinematic Visual for Brooding "Retributions Of An Awful Life"
New Video: Heartworms Shares Startling and Cinematic Visual for Brooding "Retributions Of An Awful Life" @heartwormsband @SpeedyWunder @curlytt
Jojo Orme is a South London-based singer/songwriter, producer and mastermind behind the rapidly rising, goth-inspired post-punk outfit Heartworms. Uniformity plays a huge role with Orme and Heartworms: the metronomic music and meticulous fashion of acts like Interpol and Kraftwerk have been a major influence on the South London-based artist. But she also cites PJ Harvey, whose dark sense of humor…
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This is your reminder to go listen to Heartworms because I love them so so so so much and you should too.
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When I was a child, the medical brochures at the vet office captured my attention and haunted my thoughts.
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