Despite the shocking resemblance to piss yellow, Costello’s latest entrant to the color series is surprisingly not a stale rehash of the ultra-minimalism that has typified, uh, Minimise’s previous 12″s. Instead, both sides here actually seem to be the most potent melodic products of the bunch thus far, rearing back to unleash furious sequenced oscillations and syncopated muted snares. It may be the series’ first move towards producing tracks for the highlights of sets, rather than enjoyable segues to more recognizable fare.

Minimise / MIN012
[Todd Burns]