Exoskeleton
Original Release Date: 10/07/3651
Nothing Left To Lose is perhaps the most somber album in our collection, dear Audionauts. A sparse, unforgiving landscape or rhythms and echoing sounds that beg the listener to turn away. Yet there is hope, as inspired by the album's cover, that there is a light at the end of the tunnel; we cannot predict what will be left of us when we get there. Exoskeleton had cut their teeth on their unique sound with 3648's Skin + Bones, a testing-the-waters approach that hinted at the brilliance of their sparseness that would infect their sophomore swing. Rooted in the loneliness of empty planets, overgrown villages, and the damned left to rot in the wake of the Universe's more unsavory aspects, it struck a chord or two with listeners. It is a sort of background noise, eerie in its presence, like a spectral force staring at you from the darkness, but you cannot quite catch its appearance. And, too, like a ghost, Exoskeleton fell from public life. Each member wore the mask of a dead creature's skull, forbidding themselves from becoming the center of attention, owing it all to the tasty beats that jumped from Nothing Left To Lose. While they never played a live concert, the sounds themselves seemed only to warrant the use of headphones, a rainy day, and perhaps the curtains drawn tight. Heavy synth usage, marked by sparse drums and a growling bass, drew a line in the sand of what could be conveyed with just a few notes. Exoskeleton, though their music seemed simplistic, obsessed over every note, every mix, every track sequence. While it benefits you, dear Audionaut, this attention to detail left its mark on the band, eventually leading to their breakup during the recording session for their third album, Evacuate. No one, to date, has heard the long-lost album, the legends all surmising that a band member took them and destroyed them rather than let the Universe see an unfished product. Nothing Left To Lose, then, has become the echoing note in their brief catalog, casting a net across ears everywhere and transporting them, for better or worse, into the lost locales that time is still wont to forget.
Side A
Syrinx
Underwater
Nothing Left To Lose
Turn. Turn Back.
Side B
The Before Times
Death Rattle
Blue Flame
Twisted and Curled