Suzy Sheer turn late-night drift into dream-electroclash on Pure Pulse, Slow Decay, Soft Release

Suzy Sheer’s Pure Pulse, Slow Decay, Soft Release received a 20 May review, giving the enigmatic electronic duo a major discovery moment. Made up of producer boysinblush and vocalist Tuchscreen, Suzy Sheer have mostly operated below the surface, despite collaborations and connections with underground names including fakemink and Snow Strippers.

Their debut album, released through Bronze Standard Listening, sounds like it belongs to the long ride home after a night out, when the room is gone but the emotional residue remains. The music sits between dream-pop, electroclash, fuzzy electronic production and 5 a.m. comedown atmosphere. It is frosty, slow, romantic and a little unreal.

Tracks such as Sent, Last Year, Safety, Slow Decay, No Surprise, The One and Soft Release seem to carry the feeling of missed connections, wasted time and half-finished confessions. What makes Suzy Sheer interesting is the way the duo balance artificiality and feeling. The production can feel icy and synthetic, but the emotional core is molten.

This is not club music in the peak-hour sense. It is club music remembered afterwards, when the lights are off, the bus is half-empty and every small regret suddenly becomes enormous. For an indie-electronic digest, this is one of the strongest 20 May review items.