HTRK: "Synthetik"

HTRK - as in Hate Rock - returns with an icier, more ethereal slant on their disembodied synth rock.  Now without deceased bassist/programmer Sean Stewart, the remaining duo of Jonnine Standish and Nigel Yang make up for the missing instrumentation Stewart provided with additional layers of distant plinks and multitracked droning.  The visuals accompanying "Synthetik" remind me of a punk rock version of THX-1138.