tropic of cancer - permissions of love (12inch vinyl lp)

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Tropic of Cancer have been on quite the trajectory over the last few years and "Permissions of Love" continues that tract and then some. Camella Lobo is the brains behind ToC (though she gets some assistance from the likes of John Mendez & Taylor Burch) and she's as dialed in as ever on A-Side banger, "The One Left." This is the dystopia we were all promised in the heyday by the late 80s/early 90s cyberpunk fetishistas. Lobo reverb-soaked voice is throttled by the bass drum throb and pierced through-and-through with melancholic shards of guitar chords. It appears rather straight-forward, but after some dense surface mining the track is dense with fraught emotion. On the flip, "Beneath the Light" sounds like something from Peaking Lights time-machine cold wave alter-ego. Slow and deliberate vocal melodies wrap the tune in black gauze while piano loops underneath - it's an enchanting cocktail for sure. The closing piece, "It's All Come Undone," makes an excellent bookend and is more akin "The One Left," though certainly holds its own. These murky, greyscale concoctions are Tropic of Cancer's calling card and Lobo shows now signs of fading away. "Permissions of Love" is excellent. - Brad Rose, Experimedia

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Mannequin is really proud to announce the forthcoming brand new 12" from Tropic of Cancer, one the most important realities in the modern post-punk and darkwave scene. This EP gathers the primal thrust of their bleak Post-Punk (think about Cultural Decay shaking hands with Section 25 in their psychedelic/buddhist years) and Minimal Wave aesthetics with this entirely new dimension in the music of TOC – heartfelt and deep. Cold waves have never been so warm.

"Essentially the solo project of LA-based Camella Lobo, with contributions from John Mendez (aka Sandwell District's Silent Servant) and Taylor Burch, Tropic of Cancer's at once funereal and exhilaratingly romantic sound – with perfect pop hooks buried deep under oceans of reverb – has earned them a considerable, and well-deserved, cult following. The three songs that make up Permissions of Love reinforce their trademark style (and what style it is), while adding some new elements: piercing guitar chimes on 'The One Left', waltz-time rhythm on 'Beneath The Light', near-ambient synthesizer wash on 'It's All Come Undone'"-FACT Mag

LP Version: Limited edition of 500 copies, 140 gr black vinyl