“Former Mellowdrone frontman Jonathan Bates has spent the past few years churning out shapeshifting, phantasmagoric electro under the name Big Black Delta. Previously, his sound's leaned toward the dirgey synth romance of Depeche Mode; for the first single from his forthcoming self-titled effort, he's returned with a deceptively nuanced tech-pop anthem. "Side of the Road" charges forward on the bac”
