While they've always had plenty of inspiration, the disinformation and unchecked selfishness ushered in by the COVID-19 global pandemic (and more personally, the death of Kuperus' father) adds a visceral rawness to Becoming Undone that was missing from their last album.

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Inspired by the grimness of the present moment and grief over a loved one’s death, the Detroit electro duo is at the height of its dark powers.

Veterans Kuperus and Miller further their legacy by diversifying their sound even this late into their careers while still challenging an ever-deteriorating world.

Becoming Undone is their ninth album of raw, insistent electro rhythms, overlaid with Kuperus’s reverb-heawy, impersonal vocals, like Siouxsie Sioux fronting a techno Throbbing Gristle.

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A return to form

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Although I just listened to Sidewalks And Skeletons' new album which was Witch House and some Electroclash, ADULT.'s Becoming Undone feels like a more accurate introduction to Electroclash. Oh my god, how have I never come across this genre before? This record is very fun and immediately brings out my crazy dancing goth side. There's also some tracks with great ambience on this album too, when those pop up I don't know whether to keep dancing or to just let myself get engulfed in the unsettling ... read more

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