‘Squares And Triangles’ is the impressive first release of the year from On Man. “Squares and Triangles. Evens and odds. Shapes that will never interlock. And yet they try,” is how On Man cryptically describes the track. “Unknowable forces compel incompatible edges to collide, crack, crumble. Fault lines expose lies. The inevitable break. The inevitable replacement. A better fit maybe, but something is missing”. The tune itself is a modern slice of hip-hop, taking dark and heavily electronic beats and marrying them with lo-fi, industrial sounds and experimental explosions of unexpected sound. On Man’s voice is capable of pulling off twisting rhymes with seemingly little effort, while his grasp of wordplay is hard to match. Be on the lookout for his upcoming full-length release. - Dan Peeke