Urban Homes – Centres

Single Review by Bram E. Gieben | 28 Feb 2013
Single title: Centres
Artist: Urban Homes
Label: Shellshock
Release date: 15 March

Containing members of PTTRNS, Yage and Airpeople – all well-kent faces in the Cologne experimental electronic and post-punk scenes – Urban Homes combine the structured delights of a band focused on songwriting with the panache and flair of experimental producers with one eye firmly fixed on the past. Echoes of bands like Electronic and Talking Heads rub up against influences from house, disco and Balearic beats.

When they're on point – the sublimely controlled, Afrobeat-flavoured Ayran Gifbek Mersi, the chopped, shimmering, horn-enhanced punk-funk of Full Trance Effect – they more than give the likes of Hot Chip or Bloc Party a run for their money. The '80s synth-pop-influenced closer Untitled Luv is a particularly Moroder-esque highlight. [Bram E. Gieben]

http://urbanhomes.bandcamp.com