Drop Shadow, by Eyeliner

Drop Shadow

by Eyeliner

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ArkMel This album is a nostalgia trip though the 90's era of computers. Vaporware, interactive demos and shareware. Along with early CGI videos the hardware at the time could never render in real time. Its like clicking your way though game full of pre-rendered graphics. Favorite track: Promise.

David Dantas Words cannot describe how excited I am for this album. Been a huge fan of Eyeliner for a long time, and have been waiting for this new album since the 2018 tour video had an unreleased track in it. Luke is an amazing person, and I had the pleasure in grabbing a coffee with him before Electronicon 2. If the rest of the album is just as good as Drop Shadow, I'm looking at one of my favorite releases for 2020.

laurapalmersghost the vinyl pressing is excellent and the bonus tracks are so good. Really blown away by how much I enjoy this album.

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1.	Los Angeles 03:31	buy track
2.	American Beach 01:14	buy track
3.	Contact 04:16	buy track
4.	Promise 03:40	buy track
5.	Keep Calm 04:41	buy track
6.	Carry On 03:34	buy track
7.	Coffee News 02:40	buy track
8.	Drop Shadow 04:18	buy track
9.	Drop Shadow II 03:05	buy track
10.	Invisible Mask 03:13	buy track
11.	Potpourri 05:29	buy track
12.	Quiet Keyboard 02:50	buy track
13.	Reverie 04:47	buy track

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Drop Shadow is the new album from New Zealand native Luke Rowell, and his first release under the Eyeliner name since 2015’s Buy Now (Beer on the Rug). The album is filled with highly composed MIDI pop music that covers a range of mood and emotion, from the uplifting Vince DiCola-esque opener to the beautiful digital vocal “ahh”s that merge into crashing waves at the end of “Keep Calm”. Rowell is using the language of instrumental dance and pop to express multiple themes, the first being personal loss and caring for a sick loved one, as reflected on the suite of songs from “Contact” to “Carry On”. At the albums center these songs form a sort of emotional core that also reframe lighter pieces like “Coffee News” as mini respites along the way.

Drop Shadow also explores Rowell’s fascination with American and Japanese music culture and their many intersections, most evident to me on the upbeat “Drop Shadow” which utilizes the Korg Wavestatoion and M1 VST (which is the highest selling synth of all time in its hardware form) and lands somewhere between early house music, a Madonna instrumental, and something from a Nintendo 64 soundtrack.

If the previous Eyeliner album LARP of Luxury can be seen as a sunrise record and BUY NOW as night time music, Drop Shadow goes from morning to night and back again. Songs like “Reverie” can feel bright and head-nodding on first listen, only to shift into a hopeful melancholy the second time through.

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released August 14, 2020

Composition, Mix & Mastering: Luke Rowell
Visual art: Keith Rankin

This album is dedicated to my mother Sue Rowell

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