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No thread on this here in the Music, so here it now is!
I absolutely love this album, having been introduced to it in a summer of Hawaiian mushrooms aplenty and basically listened to it for months on end...it starts so strong, "Like Eating Glass" into "Helicopter" into "Positive Tension", "Banquet" and the lovely ballad "Blue Light"...that the second half of the album was something of a non-starter for me for ages..then it just sort of took on a second half beauty that I now love just as much as the frantic first few tracks...
They really go in for quite complex rhythmic shifts and most of their tracks are pretty frenetic and layered...Singer Kele Okereke obviously sounds *just a bit* like Robert Smith, but the strangled tension in his voice really suits their earnest sound and hyped up vibe...
I saw them live at Glatonbury this year, though it was on Friday night after Teh Great Flood, so it was a bit difficult to do the necessary pogo frantic looning about as we were all knee deep in mud, but I still thought they rocked it live...quite loose compared to the recording, the tempo of most tracks meaning the drummer and bass player snake around each other in a way thats really quite pleasing...Debuted some new tracks as well, which were great.
So anyhoo, what do people think? They have a lot of haterz, but I really enjoy their song structures and general studenty earnestness. They don't have any tearaway hits - structures are too complicated, probably - but may well develop in really interesting ways... |
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