Sure, Nine Inch Nails were huge last year, but that doesn't ensure that people like like Thrive. Both bands are the same neighbourhood, but while Trent Reznor is the neighbour who shouts at the kids and kicks the dog, Thrive are the creepy couple who sit alone in the living room with the blinds shut. They may not be quite as aggressive, but they're a lot spookier.

"Sophistry", the title track of this EP, is a structural model for the rest of the disc. It starts off quietly, and swells upward until the clacking, clankin' percussion kicks in. Quattorze's vocals are sometimes ethereally reminiscent of Cocteau Twins' Elizabeth Frazer. Her despairing lyrics set the tone, yet perhaps the best song - "Melancholia remix" - has no vocals at all, only tweaks and blips. A classic. Oddly, there is something inexplicably sexual about the rhythms on "Sophistry", and that, perhaps isthe only true Reznoresque thing about it. So consider this: for scary fun, go visit Trent's house and let him yell at you. For a truly haunting experience, though, go around the corner and join Thrive for tea. Just don't go in the basement.