Monday, April 18, 2005
the books - lost and safe
been looking forward to this one. Different, more direct, maybe a little less delicate
"be good to them always" is great oh superman style politicism and recalls the more rocking side of lemon of pink.
"vogt dig for kloppervok" recycles samples from from lemon of pink challenging the listener to reconsider context etc, blah blah. sadly, as more is revealed of the original source the ambiguity that gives the listener so much room to respond and interact with the song is removed. Maybe i'll feel differently after repeated listenings but for now i'm not stuck with the same sort of wonder. Not to mention i'm not sure i'm really into the music.
later samples remind me more of "fluffly clouds" than the retro world music of previous efforts. not worse just different.
"smells like content" makes more obvious use of filtering and really sounds like a standard downtempo/'experemental' indie pop song.
Musically the same same basic feel is retained. A bit more natural, a bit closer to the source but the same sense of melody and insrtumentation persist. However drumming steps to the front more often and often taking an earthier even tribal(wretch...) form.
True vox are more integrated and there is interaction between the found sources.
"be good to them always" is great oh superman style politicism and recalls the more rocking side of lemon of pink.
"vogt dig for kloppervok" recycles samples from from lemon of pink challenging the listener to reconsider context etc, blah blah. sadly, as more is revealed of the original source the ambiguity that gives the listener so much room to respond and interact with the song is removed. Maybe i'll feel differently after repeated listenings but for now i'm not stuck with the same sort of wonder. Not to mention i'm not sure i'm really into the music.
later samples remind me more of "fluffly clouds" than the retro world music of previous efforts. not worse just different.
"smells like content" makes more obvious use of filtering and really sounds like a standard downtempo/'experemental' indie pop song.
Musically the same same basic feel is retained. A bit more natural, a bit closer to the source but the same sense of melody and insrtumentation persist. However drumming steps to the front more often and often taking an earthier even tribal(wretch...) form.
True vox are more integrated and there is interaction between the found sources.
