Gnod + MC Sissi - Inner Fucking Peace

Less than six months after Gnod rewired their sound for the umpteenth time, with the release of deliciously detailed deep listener Spot
Land, they’re back with another album and a whole new approach. Inner Fucking Peace comprises eight tracks for voice and
electronics – varied in style but connected in feeling and recorded as a trio. Chris Haslam and Paddy Shine, the two ever-present
members in the Gnod lineup since their first stirrings in mid-2000s Salford, are completed by Portuguese vocalist MC Sissi. Inner
Fucking Peace is the first time MC Sissi, or Cecilia de Fatima dos Santos, a very well known name in Portuguese experimental circles
has recorded with Gnod. From the minimalist tuned percussion of ‘Stop’, to the shuffling beats and spaced-out synth on ‘Perde-Te
Onde Quiseres’, to ‘Get Out’ and its ominous electronics and crashing industrial drums (combined with Sissi’s irate-sounding vocal,
here Gnod are on a tip that compares to great Bristolian duo and recent touring partners Harrga), to the supremely chopped & screwed
woodwind that’s central to ‘Flute Theme’, to ‘Reprise’s hypnotic hand drum workout, to ‘Tea & Eggs’ – ten minutes of reggaeton-gone-
minimal-synth – to ‘Olivia’, named after Sissi’s niece and the track’s guest vocalist, to ‘Cannela Crematoria’ closing us out and hitting a
zenith of gloominess with some more industrial battery folded in…this is a full on Gnod vibe shift that also makes total sense in their
infamously extensive discography. With this band enjoying hard-won freedom from release schedule tyranny, they – just like us – don’t
know what’s next on the recording agenda, or if there’ll be more Gnod & MC Sissi collab albums, but this is an engrossing introduction
to the partnership. In the short term, the trio will be playing some European shows in the autumn, including a slot at Utrecht festival Le
Guess Who? in November.01. Stop 02. Perde-te Onde Quiseres 03. Get Out 04. Flute Theme 05. Reprise 06. Tea & Eggs 07. Olivia