Relay For Death
Mutual Consuming
Helen Scarsdale Agency (2025)
At a time when experimental artists are constantly churning out new music, it is curious to find some that take their time. Rachel and Roxann Spikula might not be the most prolific creatives, but when they make an appearance, it is worth paying attention. The twin sisters have performed in Towering Heroic Dudes and Boyzone, but it is their own project, Relay for Death, that digs deeper into the experimental realm. The newest entry in their discography, Mutual Consuming, is actually an earlier recording of two tracks that appeared on their label's, Helen Scarsdale Agency, On Corrosion compilation (featuring many more greats, like She Spread Sorrow, Himukalt, and Neutral). But the strength of these compositions warrants them to stand on their own. The principal focus is that of a haunted world and its shifting manifestations. The opening track, "Intone The Morph Orb," is a study in tension. The drones tug against each other like collapsing beams, one decaying mass straining to overtake the other. It feels like an abandoned hospital, or the basement of a long-forgotten factory where the machines might have stopped, but their workings still echo through time and space. In that sense, it recalls both works of … Read more
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