Do
you ever make beats in your head as you listen to music? This album
feels like a collection of those, only refined and not made by an
idiot. The CD was already tagged 'Trip Hop,' and while that doesn't
quite describe it, I can't think of anything better to change it to,
other than the generic 'Electronic.' Usually with beat-focused
albums, any presence of singing or other vocals serve to diminish
everything else, but here the vocals work as their own instrument,
creating a sound that goes beyond what the lyrics attempt to convey.
By the way, the theme song to 'House' is on here – how did I not
know about that? I had no idea that there was a singer. You can tell
that someone just went crazy with a drum machine on every song,
particularly 'Inertia Creeps,' my favorite song of the album, where
it provides the backbone of the entire song. 'Exchange' feels a bit
like if someone built a time machine, went back to the 70's, and sent
a bass player from an R&B group into the future. I think that's
pretty self explanatory. 'Dissolved Girl' starts off slowly and
smoothly, with female vocals over a soft beat, then ratchets the
tempo up with a shredding synth guitar. Overall, I'm shocked at how
well they were able to incorporate vocals so well into such a
seemingly-instrumental album.
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