I was just turned on to this band/album recently by a Pitchfork review and have listened to nothing else since and feel obligated to share them with you...
The first track sets the stage perfectly for an album that comes from nowhere and succeeds in developing a sound all it's own. "Voodoo Wop" begins with layered drum samples that sounds like a high school marching band, building to an almost thunderous point before ever so gently sliding off into some kind of electro-surf song. This kind of erratic behavior is just about the only thing you can count on with this album and is really what makes it work. The first seven tracks drive at an almost lightning pace, filled with quirky beats and random sounds that range from crashing water to train sirens. There are constant horn stabs and lyrics that are borderline inaudible and sound like a child speaking for the first time. Track 9 and the highlight of the record, "distortions" takes the pulse of the album to a steady but slow beat and for the first time uses lyrics to form the song. The lyrics, for me really say what the album sounds like; confusion, instability, and a beautiful loss of control.
" I've showed me once to often.
You'd never know how often
I've pictured you in coffins
My baby in a coffin"
(from distortions)
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