Grade: B-
Com Truise exploded onto the scene in 2011 with the instant retrowave classic “Galactic Melt” and followed it up a year later with the smooth and refined “In Decay.” With “Wave 1,” Seth Haley, the man behind the Com Truise persona, combines funk, ’80s synth-pop and danceable modern electronica into a thirty-minute journey through time and sound. It opens with the upbeat and drum-heavy “Wasat” and quickly ascends into frenzied electronic pandemonium with “Mind” and “Declination.” The pace slackens as “Declination” melts into the tempered and bass-heavy “Subsonic” but speeds right back up as the frenzied “Valis Called” and “Miserere Mei” follow in rapid succession. The EP ends on a wave of jittery robotic noises that dissipate as the title track reaches a close. If you don’t like synthesizers, you’ll hate this release, but if you’re fond of Daft Punk or the Human League, you’ll fall in love.