Gross Net Means Gross Net

Founded in 2014, Gross Net is the project of Belfast-basedartist Philip Quinn, guitarist of the now defunct Girls Names. Adeparture from the techno-driven sound of 2015's QuantitativeEasing, Gross Net Means Gross Net bridges dark electronics,avant garde experimentation, and black humor.The album title is based on a remark made by British PrimeMinister Theresa May 'Brexit Means Brexit,' and Gross Net isGross Net is just that - whatever Quinn sanctions the project tobe. What it is is truly unique. Shaken by the political upheavalsin the US and UK in 2016, the refugee crisis, and theconsequences of present-day capitalism, Quinn mined internalfeelings of mental anguish and slowly pieced the albumtogether starting with acoustic guitar sketches that wouldevolve into the carefully crafted compositions that compriseGross Net Means Gross Net.Throughout the album, melodies of rapture and unease duel,creating a dizzying anxiety ala the minimal electronic doom ofCoil and Bish Bosch-era Scott Walker. The ethereal'Gentrification' alludes to the orchestral ambience of PopolVuh, eventually entering unexpected pop territory with thearrival of a palpitating beat and Quinn's delicate croon. 'Of LateCapitalism' demonstrates Quinn's range of instrumentation withcombat-ready percussion and ominous textures wielded fromboth synths and guitars. The equally gorgeous and unsettling'Dust to Dust,' with its melancholic beauty, builds to a dramaticconclusion that marks the album's cinematic climax. Conce

Tracks

1~1~Light Introduction (For Will)
1~2~World Of Confusion
1~3~Shedding Skin
1~4~Theresa May
1~5~Gentrification
1~6~Of Late Capitalism
1~7~Dust To Dust
1~8~Damascene Conversion
1~9~Social Nationalists

Details

Format: Vinyl LP
Artist: Gross Net
Release Date: 30 August 2019
Genre: Alternative
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Distributor: Rocket Group