The New Boyfriends - Universal Noise (Satatuhatta)

The New Boyfriends’ Universal Noise takes a more expansive approach to sound, examining noise as a fundamental force in the universe. The idea that the universe itself began with a noise - the echo of the Big Bang - anchors this album, which takes the listener on a journey through sound as a cosmic phenomenon. Here, noise is not just a product of human intervention, but something that exists on a universal scale, as the label puts it, linking the microcosmic with the macrocosmic.

The album shifts between moments of vast, thunderous rumbles and intimate, delicate hisses, creating a tension between the monumental and the minute. It moves from the sounds of nature - thunderstorms, decaying wood - to moments of industrial intensity, blurring the lines between the organic and the non-organic. This tension mirrors the duality of existence itself: creation and destruction, clarity and chaos, beauty and decay.

By framing noise as something inherent to the fabric of reality, Universal Noise asks the listener to reconsider what noise can be. It’s not just a harsh, disruptive force, but also something full of texture and depth, something that can be explored and processed. The album feels like its reminding us that noise is everywhere, shaping our world and how we experience it. 

Through albums like the one mentioned here, Satatuhatta Tapes reimagines noise as a force that transcends a mere simpleton auditory assault. The New Boyfriends offers different interpretations of noise, whether it’s the intimate, tactile landscapes, the slow organic transformations, or the more metaphysical explorations. Universal  Noise challenges us to rethink the very nature of sound and our relationship to it, pushing noise into new realms of meaning, texture, and experience.