PURGE

Dis Fig - PURGE
Critic Score
Based on 3 reviews
User Score
Based on 50 ratings
March 15, 2019 / Release Date
LP / Format
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CRITIC REVIEWS

80
Resident Advisor

Ominous is an overused word when writing about frightening experimental music, but Purge expresses the feeling in its entirety: the dread of waiting for the inevitable, the horror of it coming, and, perhaps scarier still, the anxiety of what might be left after it's gone.

77
Pitchfork

The tempestuous debut by producer and vocalist Felicia Chen is an emotionally tense album that whips between violent outbursts and quiet pockets of respite.

AnalVape
77

PURGE by Dis Fig is a sonic guerrilla surprise attack on the most fragile parts of the human psyche.

This album euphorically sinister. Usually subtle and unexpected in it's relentlessness, PURGE guides the listener through a shallow hallway before grabbing you by the throat and pulling you into a dark room, where unspeakable things happen. Even in the album's most quiet parts, such as Watering, there is a sense of anticipation that keeps you gripped.

U Said U Were is a sadistic and primal ... read more

usedtobe
86

Fuck this was solid all throughout. She reminds me highly of Pharmakon on this album.

lovecycles
80

a really solid and sober record and a surprisingly well directed album for a debut. i can definately sense the subtle influences of big names of the electronic scene here, particularly arca during her mixtape phase, but dis fig does enough to separate themself from their inspirations and stablish their own particular sound

loved the ethereal, abstract appearance they gave to industrial; it's spacey and very immaterial sounding. although there are songs more focused on a noisier, more ... read more

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Track List

  1. Drum Fife Bugle
  2. Alive
  3. Watering
  4. U Said U Were
  5. Unleash
  6. The Hermit
  7. Purge
  8. Why
  9. I Am the Tree

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Added on: February 12, 2019