Scumbo - Scumbo
https://soundcloud.com/scumbomusic
Genre: Many of the songs tagged as #indie on Soundcloud. I'd say it's non-genre specific. Has electronic beats mixed in, although not all songs are exclusively electronic.
Year: 2002
General Pace: Mid-tempo, chill/ambient (beat-oriented), spacey/spooky atmospheric, experimental.
Listenthrough: Had to splice the album together by individual song on Soundcloud. The album starts off with "Apricots," which had a very pleasant beat to it, even if it was lyrically repetitive. Then Scumbo spends some time being spacey and experimental until you get to track 14, "Traveling with Satan." It's here where Scumbo tries to sound like an actual band. Why isn't the rest of the album like this? Initially, I thought this was a solo project.
Best Song: "Apricots."
Worst Song: "Riddle." Awful.
Most Varied/Interesting Song: Many of the tracks try to be varied and experimental. "Apricots" is a more complete track insofar as the electro parts of the album go, but "In The Corner" had the most interesting beat, even if it only showed up in about 15% of the song.
Summation: In general, I found some of the beats to be pleasing, but
Scumbo spends too much of its time not exploring them. Additionally, there was a lot of half-singing to make the singer's voice lighter, which is an affect I tend not to like. The mixing needs a lot of work, too, as it often sounded like both the backing vocals and some of the electronic parts were in a different room, or coming almost entirely out of the left speaker. Made for a jarring experience.