Bermuda Drain

About Bermuda Drain's musical style, distinctive feeling and setting, Fernow said:

"Upon a recent tour of Europe, I was constantly listening to minimal techno on headphones, driving at night through tunnels, and exhausted all of the records I had brought with me. The album is meant to satisfy that feeling. I've always felt connected to landscapes, moving through them, and their linear nature. Time passing. Watching as the world rolls over you while being divorced from it. The visual essence of feedback is a thin line, just like the structure of the landscape."

From lyrics, Bermuda Drain features an ambiguous plot; it chronicles the protagonist torturing and killing someone baited into meeting them, yet still featuring descriptive and near psychedelic imagery and scenery. As with all of Dominick's albums that feature lyrics, his mother and writer Jean Feraca assisted with lyrical content and narratives.

Bermuda Drain was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 79 based on 9 reviews.

In a review for Consequence of Sound, critic reviewer Adam Kivel wrote: "The album works out to much that same tune, a sort of head-scratching confusion. It can be difficult to separate this album both in its difference from Fernow's past output and from the connections that it holds to his work with Cold Cave. Despite the ability to place this on a continuum, this is a record that sounds so dissimilar from its kin, a unique new version of an old favorite." At Pitchfork, Jess Harvell explained: "Bermuda Ground isn't just pleasant by contrast with Prurient's old unholy racket. It's often actively enjoyable, albeit in a decidedly creepy way, rooted as much in familiar retro-rock moves as formless face-eating noise. Perhaps it's down to Fernow's time playing in the decidedly more accessible and anthemic synth-pop/post-punk act Cold Cave, but Bermuda Drain is full of distortion-free keyboard, perverse disco beats, moments of beauty, even hooks." Jason Heller from The A.V. Club gave high praise for the release, noting that it's Prurient's "strongest statement to date, and its best album."

{{Track listing

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|title1=Many Jewels Surround the Crown

|length1=2:44

|title2=A Meal Can Be Made

|length2=2:17

|title3=Bermuda Drain

|length3=3:07

|title4=Watch Silently

|length4=3:23

|title5=Palm Tree Corpse

|length5=5:19

|title6=There Are Still Secrets

|length6=3:53

|title7=Let's Make a Slave

|length7=4:32

|title8=Myth of Sex

|length8=4:26

|title9=Sugar Cane Chapel

|length9=5:39

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Bermuda Drain personnel adapted from AllMusic.

;Music and lyrics

• Jean Feraca – lyric assistant
• Dominick Fernow
• Kris Lapke – percussion, synthesizer

;Production

• Dominick Fernow – production
• Kris Lapke – engineering, mastering, mixing, production

;Artwork and packaging

• Dominick Fernow – art direction
• Ari Marcopoulos – photography
• Nikolai Saveliev – design

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{{cite web| title = Bermuda Drain – Prurient| work = AllMusic| publisher = All Media Network| url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/bermuda-drain-mw0002161369| accessdate = May 16, 2015}}

{{cite web| last = Heller| first = Jason| title = Prurient: Bermuda Drain| work = The A.V. Club| publisher = The Onion| date = Jul 19, 2011| url = https://www.avclub.com/prurient-bermuda-drain-1798168924| access-date = May 1, 2021}}

{{cite web|url=http://cokemachineglow.com/record_review/6627/prurient-bermudadrain-2011/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119023312/http://cokemachineglow.com/record_review/6627/prurient-bermudadrain-2011/|title=Cokemachineglow Review|work=Cokemachineglow|last=Elliot|first=Joel|date=May 12, 2011|archive-date=January 19, 2012|access-date=May 1, 2021}}

{{cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2011/07/album-review-prurient-bermuda-drain6/|title=Consequence of Sound Review|website=Consequence of Sound|last=Kivel|first=Adam|date=July 19, 2011|access-date=May 1, 2021}}

{{cite web| author = Fact Staff| title = Prurient readies Bermuda Drain LP| work = Fact| publisher = The Vinyl Factory| date = June 10, 2011| url = http://www.factmag.com/2011/06/10/prurient-readies-bermuda-drain-lp/| accessdate = May 16, 2015}}

{{cite web| title = Reviews for Bermuda Drain by Prurient| work = Metacritic| publisher = CBS Interactive| url = https://www.metacritic.com/music/bermuda-drain/prurient| accessdate = May 1, 2021}}

{{cite web| last = Malinsky| first = Ilya| title = Prurient is Noise, 'Not Entertainment' — Exclusive Interview| work = Noisecreep| publisher = Townsquare Media| date = April 15, 2011| url = http://noisecreep.com/prurient-is-noise-not-entertainment-exclusive-interview/| accessdate = May 16, 2015}}

{{cite web| last = Harvell| first = Jess| title = Prurient: Bermuda Drain| website = Pitchfork| date = July 21, 2011| url = https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15651-bermuda-drain/| accessdate = May 1, 2021}}

{{cite web|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/68332/Prurient-Bermuda-Drain/|title=SputnikMusic Review|website=SputnikMusic|last=Baker|first=Finn|date=August 29, 2015|access-date=May 1, 2021}}

{{cite web| author = Brandon| title = Stream Prurient 'Many Jewels Surround The Crown' 7| work = Stereogum| publisher = SpinMedia| date = April 25, 2011| url = http://www.stereogum.com/692351/stream-prurient-many-jewels-surround-the-crown-7/mp3s/| accessdate = May 16, 2015}}

{{cite web|url=https://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/Prurient-Bermuda-Drain|title=Tiny Mix Tapes Review|work=Tiny Mix Tapes|last=Redmond|first=Jordan|access-date=May 1, 2021}}

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