REVIEW

The debut album from Chilean experimental rock band The Deadly Affair.

Based in Santiago, the band completed the record through a meticulous year-long collaboration with producer Atom™, a figure who has long been associated with pushing the boundaries of experimental music.

At its core, the sound is shaped by the interplay between the brooding resonance of sustained electric guitar tones and the delicate phrasing of acoustic guitar. Around this axis, Santiago González Lihn’s incantatory vocal delivery, shamanic drumming, subterranean bass, and spectral synth textures gradually accumulate, forming a deeply introspective and immersive soundscape—one that suggests an endless drift across a fog-laden, ashen expanse.

Incorporating elements of gothic, darkwave, drone, shoegaze, slowcore, and even funeral doom, the band’s hybrid approach resists easy categorization, instead asserting a distinct and cohesive sonic identity.

The album stands as a compelling example of the depth and unpredictability found within Chile’s underground scene.