FASSINE
FORGE
Fassine’s last collection, 2016’s Dialectik, brought to mind Goldfrapp and Massive Attack, but though its brooding nature was sometimes claustrophobic, their third album goes further. There’s no mistaking their intentions: despite hinting at glimmers of light – thanks in part to Sarah Palmer’s voice, which, especially in this context, sounds like Toni Halliday’s, were Curve playing at half-speed behind her – the opening title track packs a big punch, and Limbs, which follows, lulls listeners into a false sense of security with sweet-tempered verses, before metallic guitars and pummelled drums disturb its peace.