FURI OST Vinyl Review "Honestly, You Can't Fault Any Part Of This Album" 💿 @G4F_Records #Vinyl #VideoGameVinyl

Furi is a combination of a twin-stick shooter and hack and slash, released on most platforms back in 2015 with all-around good review scores. 

This OST, released through G4F records, comes in a lovely silver-on-white gatefold version on double-coloured vinyl, one blue and one pink. 

The vinyl version is slightly cut down from the digital release for reasons of space, with some tracks edited to fit the runtime.

If you’ve got any knowledge of synth-wave, you’ll understand why I bit the hand off of my Games Freezer colleague when he offered this to me. The featured artists are like a Who’s Who of the scene, featuring luminaries like Carpenter Brut, Waveshaper, Kn1ght and The Toxic Avenger, and all tracks were written specifically for this game.

 

The album begins with Danger’s “6:24”, by turns driving and expansive. Carpenter Brut follows in a similar vein, adding choir-ish samples, before a double-header from Waveshaper. “A Picture In Motion” slows things down, before getting back to it with the mechanical stab-filled “Wisdom of Rage (LP Edit)”. 

Flip the record for a sparse, ambient track from Lorn, before another big number from Carpenter Brut with a cracking keyboard riff. The Toxic Avenger finishes off the first record with “Make This Right”, which slows things down to a military cadence with screaming synths.

The bright pink disc 2 kicks off with Scattle and “Love and Madness”, with an icy synth topline running through and taking us into “You’re Mine” from our old mate Carpenter Brut. It’s more of the same from him, but to be honest, when it’s this good I couldn’t care less. Two tracks from Kn1ght finish off side 2A, with the Blade Runner-ish ambience of “A Big Day” countered with the big, atmospheric “Something Memorable” and its lovely breakdown.

 

The final side crams five tracks in, beginning with a final pair from Waveshaper. The breakbeats of “A Monster” provide a change of pace before the rushy, frantic “You Are The End”. We’re then treated to The Toxic Avenger coming back for one last hurrah, with “My Only Chance” and its vocal samples and skittery hi-hats before Danger returns with a couple of great tracks to finish: “07:53” and its tribal drums before the wide-open “08:02”.

SUMMARY

Honestly, you can’t fault any part of this album, and it’s crashed into the top position in my list of modern game soundtracks. If you’re a card-carrying member of the synth-wave fraternity like me, then you should really have this already. And if not but you’re interested in the sound, there’s not many better places to start than with this.

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https://www.g4f-records.com/en/produit/furi-vinyl-edition/