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LUSH DESOLATION (ALBUM) RELEASE: 30 NOVEMBER 2020 SENS DEP (Sensory Deprivation) is a band that creates textured noise and sonic ruminations that explore ideas of control, restraint and abandon in equal measure. Formed in 2009 by Andrew and Ben Yardley as a side project for Melbourne band Laura, the group's long-awaited debut album Lush Desolation will be released on the 30th of November 2020. SENS DEP initially created sounds to accompany visual media, including installations and a film commission but this slowly took on the form of a live band 'Retail Fireworks' and saw the group add Guy Roche and Pat Fitton to their lineup. With a sound that shifted between effects-laden guitar drones, noise, and electronic beats, 'Retail' played a string of specially curated live shows around Melbourne. In recent years the group has returned to its original incarnation SENS DEP, with an emphasis on recording. Consisting of Andrew Yardley (guitar/bass/vox/production), Ben Yardley (guitars/field recordings/production), and Caz Gannell (electric and acoustic cello/general noise) Recorded over four years in a tin shed, an alpine hunter's hut, concrete inter zones, and the Tasmanian wilderness, Lush Desolation is as much a product of the environments it was recorded in as the ideas themselves. A sonic tension underpins much of the album, a delicate balance that isn't always resolved. Lyrically the record dissects the relationship between humans and our environment and how that dynamic continues to change, often beyond recognition. It's a challenging and transformative album, intimate and epic, a paean to the years of work that went into it. Title track Lush Desolation is the first single from the album - released 31st August, with the full length album Lush Desolation due for release 30th November 2020.