Very well crafted, and very musical. The music is very electronic, but wonderfully crafted, very well layered, and well blended with various styles, including chugging electric guitars, sounds of the far east, pounding beats, and distorted vocals. There’s a lot on offer here.
Male vocals lead the music, and I can’t help but feel that these come across as a very young sounding Marc Almond. Some of the music could be linked to an early James Ray’s Gangwar (especially on ‘Darken my door’).
Each track is different, and while not initially easy to get into, after a couple of listens, you’ll be humming along with them in no time.
‘Waiting to disappear’, is a mystical haunting number, but not wishy washy – this track makes advantage of the solid construction of the layers of music to create a wash of sound, that rolls over you like waves on a beach. Superb indeed.
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Eclectic. Now there's a word to stick to Invisible Asps and their deliriously strange but understated "Songs from the Pandemic."  Heavy on the ethno elements, the music of Invisible Asps is a place where so many bits and pieces coalesce that it's surprising that the end result is so organic and seamless. The listener will find himself running the gamut from soft but dark beat and synth driven music calling to mind the early work of Trent Reznor to experimental acid jazz to crunching industrial guitars (but not really of the metal variety). A wide span of styles, wrapped around an industrial center, fuse in subtle ways to create an intelligent and challenging listen for the music fan with ... with eclectic tastes.
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