Matmos

Matmos evidently revel in the spark that comes from intense collaboration. It’s a spark that has remained alight for nearly thirty years and shows no sign of dimming. Metallic Life Review is, above all else, a masterly repositioning of music into the realm of physical substance, where the inanimate becomes animate, and metal’s perceived harshness and coldness is alchemised into warmth and humanity. There’s something magical about that.

Electronic duo Matmos have released “Steel Tongues,” the latest single from their upcoming album, Metallic Life Review. The track, built from the sounds of a metallic salad bowl, glockenspiel, and even American quarters, offers a deceptively sweet melody that explores darker themes of capitalism and mortality. It’s a prime example of the band’s sculptural and conceptually rich approach to electronic music.

Those who heard our latest Monday Morning Brew playlist (No. 103) would have heard The Rust Belt, the latest single from Matmos (Drew Daniel and M.C. Schmidt). The accompanying video, animated by artist Jack Colbert, celebrates the myriad eclectic materials used to make the new Matmos album, Metallic Life Review, animating pocket-sized metallic objects that Colbert sourced from metal detecting.