Quelle Chris: Beware Beware Beware (More Lullabies)

"About a minute into Beware Beware Beware (More Lullabies), Quelle Chris' new instrumental release, a distorted, inhuman voice emerges, repeating "Body after body after body" in a glassy-eyed timbre. Quelle deploys it again in the title track, this time taking a full minute to shift it from a muffled, druggy drone to an anxious squeak. At first, the voice sounds like a euphoria-numbed reveler bragging about their nonstop party lifestyle,"

"the bodies like the writhing mass at the end of ; as the pitch rises, the phrase reads more like a shock response to the fields of destruction that fill every screen. It's unnerving. The beat roiling beneath is a trance-inducing Dr. John ritual, a circular rhythm of toms and handclaps that wrap around an ominous, ascending bassline. We're locked in a doom loop, Quelle seems to say, living dopamine hit to dopamine hit."

A distorted, inhuman voice repeats "Body after body after body" about a minute into the record, shifting from a muffled, druggy drone to an anxious squeak in the title track. That voice alternately suggests a euphoria-numbed reveler and a shocked response to widespread destruction. Beneath it, a trance-inducing Dr. John–like ritual of toms, handclaps, and an ominous ascending bass creates a doom loop. The release functions as a sequel to 2016's Lullabies for the Broken Brain, moving from interior loneliness toward an outward focus on social collapse. Loping drums, jagged samples, warm tape saturation, and white-knuckle energy emphasize crisis over comfort.

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