This new track from Connecticut experimental rock duo Have a Nice Life is epic, but in the sort of abject way you might expect from the outfit after their monumental, crushing 2008 LP Deathconsciousness. As the title of the song might suggest, frontmen Dan Barrett and Tim Macuga are reunited and neither of them is skipping a beat. The first half of the song is a gloomy dirge of whirring guitar and industrial electronics that backdrops the duo's purposefully distant, echoing vocals and that gives way to a protracted coda of yet more industrial textures.
For the evocative vocals and for managing to come across as a sort of self-contained story, "Dan and Tim, Reunited by Fate" has me brimming with excitement for the twosome's upcoming sophomore LP The Unnatural World, due out February 4 via The Flenser. For the time being, it is available to stream in full here via Pitchfork Advance.