Auch – Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

Auch drops his debut, KISS TOMORROW GOODBYE, a clicky, glitchy album that pulses and throbs. The tracks have a certain iciness to them: “Black Snow” has a reggae off-beat but still evinces frigidity; “Until the Red Fog Rises” swims in an abstract ambience until the beat finally kicks in. But the warmth also comes in slowly, creeping into “Pick-Up” and adding some bright electro flavor to “Sleeping Dogs.” “Double Indemnity” has enough thump to work the dancefloor, and “Fast Run” has an aquatic feel to it. “Frankfurt Connection” has a denseness that fades into minimalism at the end, while “The Glass Key” chugs turgidly as a tugboat and “Clandestine” goes subterranean. Cool and mysterious.