Monday, August 22, 2005
microphones - little bird flies into a big black cloud
difficult to talk about specific songs in this sad shambling narrative. what it lacks in production it mirrors in its simple melodies and instrumentation that hold from beginning to end. hate using phrases like tone poem, but there you go. extremly touching even heart wrenching. the songs seem to be near disaster at every moment and are best when they hang together as demonstrated in the earlier tracks, partiqularly 2&3.
komeit - dps
seems like a band trying to find themselves. songs are less tuneful, less purposeful than on falling into place. Even though there is more singing, it's not as catchy or emotive. again a fair number of insturmentals. no tracks to recommend.
komeit - falling into place
tender and fragile acoustic/soft guitars plus drum machine with occasional light ambient sound/organ drones and great meloncholy, male/female, not quite a whisper voices. the BPM is a little higher than similar more twee couterparts. they leaning more towards downtempo unrest/recent mark robinson, softies or other minimal popsters with a meloncholy edge. As usual, I'm in love with the more focused songs ones with singing and a nice simple beat (see "I can tell" and "Three Hours").
"Schemes like these" and "Holler" stand out as my fave instrumentals, but even they drag a tad and should probably just have been songs.
"Schemes like these" and "Holler" stand out as my fave instrumentals, but even they drag a tad and should probably just have been songs.
Magazine - Real Life
wacky town organ driven new wave. A M.O.R. chairs missing meets tubeway army or eno.
I was hoping for another classic track like "song from underthe floorboards", but no such luck.
only thing i'd be willing to listen to again is "The Light Pours Out of Me" and that gives co-cred to pete shelley (and sounds a bit gary glitter in the guitar riff).
I was hoping for another classic track like "song from underthe floorboards", but no such luck.
only thing i'd be willing to listen to again is "The Light Pours Out of Me" and that gives co-cred to pete shelley (and sounds a bit gary glitter in the guitar riff).
