UK-based indie rock disruptor ICEBEING just unleashed a surprise collaborative EP with hops, and it’s a whirlwind of lo-fi brilliance. Created in the span of less than a day—yes, the whole thing was written, recorded, and mixed in under 24 hours at home with collaborator Sam—this project feels like lightning captured in a bottle.
Each track is a miniature world, wildly different but linked by the duo’s sharp ear for melody and grit. The opener hits like a street cat’s final brawl on a rainy Paris night—feral, defiant, unforgettable. There’s a song about being buried (emotionally? physically? spiritually? You decide), and at least two tracks are love letters to the eerie magic of The Twilight Zone, with a special nod to Booth Templeton’s haunted nostalgia.
Tracks 1 and 2 come out swinging: raw, dirty, and fuzzed-out with beautiful chaos. Tracks 3 and 4 shift the mood—gentler, sweeter, but no less strange. Together, they offer a perfect balance of noise and nuance, like Pavement raised on shortwave static and old VHS tapes.
It’s the kind of record that sounds like it was made in a fever dream—and it was. Hit play, turn up the volume, and step into ICEBEING’s dimension.