Seraphina Lotkhamnga on February 8th, 2012

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American Royalty have always been good at slamming rock and electronica together. “Lately” from their debut “El Ardemo” EP featured an interesting wrestling match between the blues and synth-pop, and their new “Matchstick” EP (out this week on vinyl, next week digitally via Guns in the Sun Records) doesn’t stray far from mashing the unlikely genres together. Here, the trio of Marc Gilfry, Billy Scher and Mat Ungson explore more sonic textures, playing with the fine line between analog and synthetic. Electronic drums using samples of live percussion and synths running through grungy amps to make them sound like guitar blur the line between man and machine. The music video for the EP’s title track is a colorful journey where Brooklyn painter and filmmaker Jeff Scher’ colors and patterns effortlessly run in to one another just as the components of American Royalty’s music do.

||| Download: Their remix of Superhumanoids’ “Mikelah” after the jump.

||| Also: “Lately” (previously posted)

||| Live: American Royalty play Thursday at the Echo with Class Actress and Superhumanoids.