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In Flagranti - Worse for Wear

Review by Hayden Woolley

In Flagranti offer no hype, no glory, no backstory, no limited edition MP3 dongle for the first 500 customers. What they do offer is a jolt to the system, a record bursting with spontaneity that thrills and delights in equal measure.»

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predictably jacked to the brim full of their signature no-gristle, no-glory aesthetic, in flagranti introduces their new album, worse for wear. succeeding 2006's 'wronger than anyone else' and 2009's 'brash and vulgar', in flagranti's sasa crnobrnja and alex gloor have left behind their vintage porn-chic sensibilities and instead turn to yesterday's trashed goods for inspiration. 'flea markets and recycling parts of our production are really at the center of this album,' said the now london-based crnobrnja. 'i like things to be old and run-down,' added alex gloor, who still resides in basel. 'so i let myself be inspired by one of my favorite places to spend time: 1970s- 80s new york city.' using experiences from gloor's past trips to the forty deuce, worse for wear conjures up ghosts from the finest of adult playgrounds past. 'hollow discourses' swaggers in on a gritty bassline, revealing excess in its degenerative electro finest, and 'prelude to chaos' reminisces the days where the finest of 69-cent wines glistened in the gutters outside the arcade. but standing at a right angle from in flagranti's better-known, dirty disco sound are tracks with a peculiar sense of calm. tracks like 'the end of the road' and 'on the fringe' leave a bit of the sleaze at the massage parlor door, opening up a new chapter of sound for the band. more outer space dump diving than straight-up vulgar, crnobrnja also added that the album 'works with old recordings that we have not used yet, such as vocals recorded years ago that i didn't like at the time.' bringing back the past has meant a softer edge for the duo, who still work from different countries. the only time they come together is for music.
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