Released: May 26th 2023
4/5
Since landing on Earth seven years ago to share their cosmic dross with us humans, we’ve experienced the squelching synths and prog melodies of Zpor, Goo, Grok and Nom on two previous releases. ‘Alpha Test 4’ marks the third collection of stimulating extra-terrestrial sounds, including the electro banger ‘Get a Wriggle On’ warning about our planet’s imminent climate crisis. There are melody-melting odes to malfunctioning robots, ‘Self Repair Protocol’, trippy tunes about discovery, ‘Wanderlust’ and ‘Altered State’ and a loving tribute to the one of the universes hardiest creatures ‘Tardigrades’. Some may dismiss this as silly space rock but as Henges own research shows, as they’ve fine-tuned their mangled sounds and optimised their alien frequencies, the Sapien brain can effectively access more pleasure with each new release. This Sapien brain concurs.
