The article discusses Matmos's new album, 'Metallic Life Review,' inspired by a concept known in psychology as a life review, where individuals reflect on their lives. The album gathers a variety of metallic sounds they have collected throughout their career, creating a composition that is distinct yet draws upon themes from their previous album, 'Plastic Anniversary.' While focusing less on social critique, it showcases a more traditional setup with various instruments, embodying their fascination with materiality and sound.
The record is a sequel of sorts to 2019's Plastic Anniversary, which drew from a wave of plastic detritus... in a seriocomic demonstration of the way that deathless substance infiltrates our lives.
However, this album is less obvious in its social critique and more traditional in its instrumentation — for every nitrous oxide canister or cheese grater, there are several more gongs, steel tongue drums, cymbals, glockenspiels, and tubular bells.
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