Vatican Shadow / Pakistan Military Academy

Hospital Productions

"Ok, we're trying to stay relatively stush about these new Vatican Shadow releases at the risk of over-egging them, but really, this one is just f**king incredible. Like the 'Washington Buries Al Qaeda Leader At Sea Deck 1-3' series, he's drawing inspiration from the whole "did they/didn't they?" situation with Bin Laden earlier this year to make some of the darkest gear we've ever heard. Like the bastard savant offspring of John Carpenter, Michael Diekmann and Aphex Twin (don't know how that would work, but hey), he's in F19 nightflight mode on 'Prime Minister Defiant As Pakistan Outs CIA Agent' with droning, black synth-bass mass and narrowed-eye strings primed for the mission, while 'Whitewashed Compound Stealth Helicopter Crash' makes no bones about its epic intentions with majestically moody synth orchestrations and widescreen reverbs. The two other, more beat-driven tracks are excellent too, but this release is essential for the other two. One of our favourite releases this year, hands-down."--Boomkat

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