SENS DEP create textured noise and sonic ruminations that explore ideas of control, restraint and abandon
in equal measure
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Formed in 2009 by Andrew and Ben Yardley as a side project for Melbourne band Laura, SENS DEP initially created sounds to accompany visual media, including installations and a film commission.
SENS DEP slowly took on the form of a live band 'Retail Fireworks' and saw the group add Guy Roche and Pat Fitton to their lineup. With a sound that shifted between effects-laden guitar drones, noise, and electronic beats, 'Retail' played a string of specially curated live shows around Melbourne.
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In recent years the group has returned to its original incarnation, SENS DEP, consisting of Andrew Yardley (guitar/bass/vox/production), Ben Yardley (guitar/field recordings/production), and Caz Gannell (electric and acoustic cello/general noise).
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lush desolation
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Recorded over four years in a tin shed, an alpine hunter's hut, concrete inter-zones, and the Tasmanian wilderness, 'Lush Desolation' is as much a product of the environments it was recorded in as the ideas themselves.
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Lyrically the record dissects the relationship between humans and our environment and how that dynamic continues to change, often beyond recognition.
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