That is all that needs to be said
Thursday 6 December 2007
Saturday 1 December 2007
Mirrored, Tonto, Battles
Since I've been at University I've been going through a complete music dead zone. I don't have a computer, and the CD player in my Hi-Fi broke long ago.
However, I do have three CDs that I took with me (literally, five minutes before I was set to go, I realised I didn't have any music to take with me, so I grabbed the first CDs I could find). Two of these have since gone missing, and I don't listen to the remaining one I have. But, before it sprouted little chromatic-reflecting silicone legs and sauntered off down the hall, Mirrored by Battles was my favorite.
Tonto, the fourth track. It is a prime example of why Battles are such a special band at the moment; the slow start and wavey parralels with the seperate instruments that don't quite slot in around each other, with a innocent tambourine pretending to keep time in the background. Then, forty-odd seconds in, the drums start, and it dovetails into music, and not just noise.
The percussion on Mirrored is probably the most important contribution to the album. Battles should be one of the most important bands at the moment, for their complete tangent to the majority of the music that's on the shelves, notably for three things: the drums' synergy with the rest of the instruments, the use of vocals as an instrument and not as a lyrical-delivery device, and lastly, the sheer force of Battles' music.
Mirrored is worth a listen, because it's approaching something very new, when there's so little that is.
However, I do have three CDs that I took with me (literally, five minutes before I was set to go, I realised I didn't have any music to take with me, so I grabbed the first CDs I could find). Two of these have since gone missing, and I don't listen to the remaining one I have. But, before it sprouted little chromatic-reflecting silicone legs and sauntered off down the hall, Mirrored by Battles was my favorite.
Tonto, the fourth track. It is a prime example of why Battles are such a special band at the moment; the slow start and wavey parralels with the seperate instruments that don't quite slot in around each other, with a innocent tambourine pretending to keep time in the background. Then, forty-odd seconds in, the drums start, and it dovetails into music, and not just noise.
The percussion on Mirrored is probably the most important contribution to the album. Battles should be one of the most important bands at the moment, for their complete tangent to the majority of the music that's on the shelves, notably for three things: the drums' synergy with the rest of the instruments, the use of vocals as an instrument and not as a lyrical-delivery device, and lastly, the sheer force of Battles' music.
Mirrored is worth a listen, because it's approaching something very new, when there's so little that is.
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