New Music: WHOLE – Beast

The opening track on their recently-released HYDRA album, Beast by WHOLE is a wonderful introduction to the shades and shadows that appear throughout the long-player’s ten songs.

The band – Alexander Leonard Donat and Thomas Schernikau – approach their sound from different musical backgrounds, and you can hear that interplay of indie rock and EBM/dark electronica throughout Beast.

The songwriting shines through as it does throughout the album, a structured quality around which the vocals ebb and flow, fitting for a track the band describe as “a song about fighting inner demons.” Just like the mythical creature of ancient Greece, this HYDRA has many faces, all worth investigating.

HYDRA is out now via Berlin-based Blackjack Illuminist Records and is available in CD, cassette, and digital editions on Bandcamp.

The LP can be streamed on all digital platforms including Spotify, Deezer, and Apple Music. For other streaming and download options, head over to WHOLE’s Facebook and Instagram pages.