Armours – Body

Bone-dry EBM beats meet harmonious darkness

The EBM sound and beat are the first things you notice when I play the new track by the Swedish band Armours. It’s strongly remin­is­cent of the EBM clas­sics of the 1980s like Front 242, DAF and Nitzer Ebb inev­it­ably spring to mind. Bone-dry, metal­lic, pound­ing beats, pro­duced authen­tic­ally using old drum machines in a Stockholm flat, set the tone without com­prom­ise. It makes you want to march in square form­a­tion on the dance floor straight away.

The vocals are gen­er­ally a little dark­er, but take a com­pletely dif­fer­ent dir­ec­tion. Whilst the vocal tone reminds me of the band ‘Hatif’, the over­all vibe is very har­mo­ni­ous and provides a lovely con­trast to the hard-hit­ting sound, which you wouldn’t have expec­ted before­hand. Lyrically, the explor­a­tion of a sor­row­ful gen­er­a­tion­al shift: “Two gen­er­a­tions / The way your body remains”, lends the track a deep, emo­tion­al layer.

The song is taken from their eponym­ous debut EP *Body*, which fea­tures five tracks. A strong release from the Swedes and def­in­itely well worth a listen!

Listen to "Armours – Body" on Spotify

Lyrics of "Armours – Body"

Breaking the frame.
You’re conversating
Sad to say

Making my claim.
We are converting.
Find your way.

The way your body explains
The way your body explains

The way your body explains
The way your body explains

Making your claim.
Two generations.
Made to stay.

The way your body remains.
The way your body remains.

The way your body remains.
The way your body remains.