[Decoded] Quiet Husband releases ‘Dream Pills’ EP

Last January, Richie Culver released his debut ‘Raging Habits’ EP under his techno/noise alias Quiet Husband, ranging from unsteady VHS moodpieces to high velocity trance-techno rinseouts, danker than the Humber in midwinter. Fresh from a mesmerising live set at Berlin’s Atonal festival the following summer, he dropped his debut full-length ‘Religious Equipment’ via Drowned By Locals in November,

Drilling deep into the gritty depths of industrial techno and noise once more. Pulling no punches with a set of tracks named after opiate blockers or substitute drugs like ‘Methadone’ and ‘Subutex,’ the album drew on the brutal, repetitive rhythms of techno, while spoken word passages cut through the chaos with a deeply personal narrative. From the gates of hell to the empty solace of noise, ‘Religious Equipment’ painted a harrowing portrait of addiction and substitution, where noise becomes a proxy for silence, and intensity replaces numbness. 

Less than 4 months later, Culver will release his ‘Raging Habits 2’ EP on 14th March, 2 days before his debut at Berlin and the world’s techno Mecca, Berghain. But unlike the rampant collage of industrial collage or techno and noise demonstrated on ‘Religious Equipment,’ the 5 tracks hear Culver take a slightly different approach, combining Chicago house-inspired beats with looping ambient elements and dark beat-less textures. As visceral as ever, Quiet Husband captures feeling without thought, a rush of endorphins skimming over the synapse surface, veering away from the claustrophobia of the internal worlds of Culver’s previous projects.

Track list – Army Crawl / Dream Pills / Death Happens Here / At Your Worst / Docker

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