FORMING – “OPERATOR”
A SPILL EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE
Electronic groove-punk duo FORMING have shared the final single off their debut EP, “Signals,” to be released on Thursday, 13 February. “Operator” is a heavy hitting track with an equally surreal music video. The song travels through time; from the apocalypse of Orson Welles’ epic 1938 radio drama “The War of the Worlds,” to the nearly lost memory of rewinding your answering machine tape in the 1990s, to an explosive future tense where communication continues to be increasingly fraught.
FORMING initially grew from the chance alignment of two independent electronic-music explorations by members Danny Alexander (sequencer, keys, bass) and Darryn Doull (drums, triggers, samples). Their saturated sonic palette betrays a post-industrial aggression measured by syncopated grooves, channeling dystopias in a hypnotic embrace of growth and decay. “Signals” focuses this experiment into four concise tracks that each project through the minutiae of urban life and frustrated hopes of an enviro-celestial future.
To date, the duo have released two singles off the EP (“Come Back” and “Planet Fungus”), which are currently available through Bandcamp and all streaming platforms. The video was produced and edited by band member Danny Alexander.
FORMING will be celebrating with an EP-release party at Ted’s Collision (Toronto) on 13 February, with local electronic acts Moonbean and Escote.
ARTIST QUOTE
“Operator” was one of the themes that came about in the very beginning of FORMING. That telephone ringing was such a clear structural device that it informed a lot of what was happening around it. The phone is ringing, and someone eventually picks-up. It could be the narrator of a past apocalypse, after the aliens invaded Welles’ radio broadcast, or it could be your friendly telephone operator, redirecting your signal. Like many phone calls, the song grows increasingly agitated, reaching toward the final crash, back to the dial tone, back to the fuzz on the radio.” ~Darryn Doull
FORMING
Signals
(Independent)
Release Date: February 13, 2025
Pre-Order Signals HERE
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