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Reptaliens really know what they’re doing in terms of cultivating a strange and other-worldly vibe. Their new release “Taking” encapsulates that style, what you hope you’d hear if ever abducted. You’d feel at home but also anew, compelled to dance and be taken on an expedition of sound. The minimal lyricism is affecting as it’s carefully placed throughout the beautifully strange track. This talented group is doing their best at keeping Portland weird, and despite these crazy times we see great things for them and hope to hear a lot more. Listen to “Taking,” served best with a twinkling night sky.
-Alyssa Holland
Reptaliens’ Wrestling EP differs in two major ways from the groups previous releases: It is the first recording project engineered, produced, and mixed entirely by the songwriting duo of Bambi and Cole Browning.
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The Wrestling EP, written and recorded throughout July 2020, was first conceived after Bambi and Cole borrowed the classic Roland SH-2 bass synth from Josh Hodges (STRFKR) during a time in which the three musicians were working on collaborative projects and tracking on each other’s respective projects. Initially, the songs were thought of as an independent exploration into different genres, or the potential beginnings of a side project, until Bambi, Cole, and Captured Tracks decided to release the four tracks under the Reptaliens moniker.
After the completion of Wrestling, Bambi and Cole moved to a self-sustaining, off-the-grid farm to continue work on the band’s third LP, and to further explore new musical genres with which to expand the high concept world of Reptaliens
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