LP, Domino, 2001
featuring Dose and Why?
Style: Post-Rock, Slowcore, Glitch-Pop, Dub-Influenced, IDM-Influenced, Hip-Hop influenced
Vibes: Autumnal, Gloomy, Lethargic, Melancholy, Haunting, Hypnotic, Sombre, Intertwined, Reflective, Depressive, Winter, Bittersweet, Cold, Introspective, Soothing
Musical Qualities: Studio-as-an-Instrument, Slow, Dynamic, Dub Fx, Loops, Sampling, Lyrical, Lush, Polyphonic, Glitchy, Electro-Acoustic, Repetitive, Minor Key
Instrumentation: Whispery Vocals, Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Piano, Violin, Clarinet, Electronic Drums, Cello, Electric Bass, Flute, Trumpet, Drums, Rapping, Processed Vocals
Track Notes
Side A
*A1 – They Removed All Trace That Anything Had Ever Happened Here
-Glitchy drums, sombre cello, melancholy vocals. Glitchy drums & bass build up. Polyrhythmic Rap/beatboxing vocals mixed in the beat
A2 – You Show No Emotion at All
-four tet / boc type bit crush drums & synth. raw vocals. reflective
-arrpegiating guitar & lobbing bass kick in
-light rhodes piano melody, slow ruminative trumpet
*A3 – Branches Bare
-slow sliding fretless bass line
-piano, woodwinds, melodica
A4 – Enemy of Time
-intertwined guitar & slow strings, repetitive
-slow woodwinds. lush
*A5 – The Winter Hit Hard (washy, dubby, gloomy)
-stereo glitches and dubby echoes on keys, trumpet
-slow dubby bass (reminds of do make say think)
-filtered, compressed drums
-“And there is history here / Heavy under night sky / It is alive / With memories and songs”
Side B
*B1 – I Can’t Find My Brittle Youth
-more energetic, great focused guitar riff
-reversey drum processing
*B2 – This is What We Do to Sell Out(s)
-glitch, IDM, autechre intro. weird filters, percussive
-juxtaposed against soft guitar chords and vocals
*B3 – The River Curls Around the World
-weird acoustic guitar loops, lo-fi
-disrupted signal, glitchy vocals
-things randomly kicking into reverse and back
B4 – Lines Low to Frozen Ground
-quiet rumbling drums & sparse, slow guitar
-moody slowcore. least electronic song so far
*B5 – You’re Worth the Whole World
-great slow, moody groove/riff
-trippy processed vocals
