Lower Dens - Nootropics
2 x Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM, Album
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Nootropics feels like information overload rendered into sound—dense, anxious, and perpetually humming with low-grade tension.
Released in 2012, the album marked a sharp turn for Lower Dens, moving away from the dreamier indie textures of their debut toward something colder and more synthetic. Drawing heavily from post-punk, minimal wave, and early industrial electronics, Nootropics frames modern life as a system—impersonal, overstimulated, and quietly oppressive.
Sequenced synths churn with mechanical insistence, basslines loop with nervous precision, and rhythms pulse without offering release. Vocals are distant and restrained, often delivered as if filtered through layers of interference, reinforcing the album’s themes of surveillance, control, and emotional detachment.
Nootropics doesn’t invite comfort or escape. It lingers in unease, capturing the feeling of being constantly plugged in and slowly worn down—music for late nights, glowing screens, and the uneasy quiet that follows too much input.
Sleeve Condition: Very Good + (VG+)
Vinyl Condition: Good (G)
NOTE: Vinyl has some wear on the outer bands of Side B. A few pops on playback of the first tracks on that side. Price has been adjusted accordingly.
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