Minerva/mɪˈnɜːrvə/ (Latin: [mɪˈnɛrwa]; Etruscan: Menrva) is the Roman Goddess of wisdom and strategic warfare, justice, law, victory, and the sponsor of arts, trade, and strategy. Minerva is not a patron of violence such as Mars, but of defensive war only.
Utterly Hypnotic
The Twistettes take a break away from their grungy alt punk existence to appear on an altogether “D’arc”er plain with their enigmatic side project, the utterly hypnotic and engrossing trip hop of Minerva Wakes.
The album lands at an apposite time and space given events of recent months. Perhaps more pertinently, recent weeks. Minerva is waking to justified calls for justice in the shape of Black Lives Matter and even more befitting in recent weeks, in the wake of the righteous anger at the death of Sarah Everard and the wave of accounts of women who feel unsafe walking on their own in the streets of the UK. Minerva is NOT a patron of violence, Minerva despairs at the state of society. “A tear falls from her earth laden eye as she asks, what has happened here?” (II).
Mirrored Moon is a triumph in downbeat glitchy and darkly addictive trip hop. Poetic orated prose in I, II & III, are scattered throughout the trippy trance tunes telling their story of the awakening of Minerva and her disbelief and disappointment in what the human race has become.
Glorious melee of electronic cadence
After “I” introduces the album, Come On heralds Minerva’s awakening in a glorious melee of electronic cadence and pounding drumbeats. The rhythmic glitching of first single Tell me indicating an interference in the force. A sign that the status quo is set to be smashed, there is no settling for the current state of affairs. Things are changing.
The laid back grooves of Blown Mind will make you feel “fucking fantastic”, while Selling Skin almost instils a feeling of fear with its sinister overtones. The superbly crisp production ensures crystal clear chimes like the intense vibrations of glasses being struck at the start of Click.
Hypnotic vocal delivery paired with repetitious beats and atmospheric bass combine to make That Boy epic and mesmeric. Then Redefine announces its arrival in a electrical storm of thunderous deep throbbing compelling bass beats as the vocal sweeps over you like a sedative dragging you in and putting you under Minerva’s spell before the song reaches its clamouring and opulent climax
The album closes with the understated and somewhat melancholic rhythms of Perfect Soul. If anyone ever tells you electronic music has no soul, point them in the direction of Minerva Wakes.
Minerva is wide awake and coming for you.
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