Sumerian Fleet - Just Pressure (2014)

Dark Entries present the debut album from Sumerian Fleet, the gothic EBM indebted side project of Dutch legends Alden Tyrell and Ingmar Pauli and vocalist Zarkoff. Collectively, Tyrell and Pauli have played a key role in shaping the Dutch electro and techno scenes since the mid '90s, with respective discographies that feature releases on Clone and its various subsidiaries, Viewlexx, Moustache Records and Murder Capital. Pauli and Tyrell's work together as Sumerian Fleet has been a more fleeting concern, with two 12"s on Clone West Coast and Creme Eclipse surfacing between 2010 and 2012. Given the tone of Sumerian Fleet's music - which references Fad Gadget, Front 242, Bauhaus and Sisters of Mercy - the project is a perfect fit for Dark Entries, and a full album for the San Francisco-based label is most welcome. The nine-track Just Pressure features all new material that Sumerian Fleet recorded over the past year in Rotterdam and Den Haag with vocalist Zarkoff. Fans of Sumerian Fleet will know the album takes its title from the Sturm Bricht Los 12" highlight "Just Pressure" which is a Silent Servant favourite, and has been re-recorded for this debut LP.