The Album Club 2017

OccultHawk · 06-14-2017, 12:33 PM

Pretend
Tapestry'd Life

Math rock and emo are both terms I defined for myself a long time ago. Maybe I'm ignorant to how these genres have expanded but this record doesn't strike me as much of either. To me it sounds like melodic, ethereal, neo-psychedelic music. Two bands come to my mind, Talk Talk and Angel'In Heavy Syrup.

The best way I can describe this record is to compare to an excellent and complicated novel. There's two main ways it's very striking and beautiful. First, the wilderness created by the relationship between the percussion, guitar and vocals... it's like when authors try to weave several elements of plot together simultaneously, most either can't pull it off or have to step into a realm of discordance that equates to musical dissonance. This is like an author that can tell you three stories at the same time seamlessly. It moves along like it's meant to be together but if you took it apart you wouldn't understand how it's related. If you listened to any of the instruments or the vocals in isolation I doubt you could imagine how well it would work placed together. The way it all floats around and fits together is astonishing. It's like watching the clouds. The other way it's like a complicated novel is the sudden tempo switches. Usually when an author makes a sudden shift in plot it's disruptive and at least a little off putting. I don't mean twists but more like flashbacks or sequences that may or may not be real. This record incorporates many time signatures shifts but again it's not disruptive. Somehow it works every time. What should be rough edges are incredibly smooth.

At least 4 out of 5 stars. It would take more listens to go a full 5/5 but I can imagine it.

Heck, I'm just going to throw this in: This also reminds me of The Tin Drum. The album and the novel.

06-14-2017, 12:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	Pretend Tapestry'd Life Math rock and emo are both terms I defined for myself a long time ago. Maybe I'm ignorant to how these genres have expanded but this record doesn't strike me as much of either. To me it sounds like melodic, ethereal, neo-psychedelic music. Two bands come to my mind, Talk Talk and Angel'In Heavy Syrup. The best way I can describe this record is to compare to an excellent and complicated novel. There's two main ways it's very striking and beautiful. First, the wilderness created by the relationship between the percussion, guitar and vocals... it's like when authors try to weave several elements of plot together simultaneously, most either can't pull it off or have to step into a realm of discordance that equates to musical dissonance. This is like an author that can tell you three stories at the same time seamlessly. It moves along like it's meant to be together but if you took it apart you wouldn't understand how it's related. If you listened to any of the instruments or the vocals in isolation I doubt you could imagine how well it would work placed together. The way it all floats around and fits together is astonishing. It's like watching the clouds. The other way it's like a complicated novel is the sudden tempo switches. Usually when an author makes a sudden shift in plot it's disruptive and at least a little off putting. I don't mean twists but more like flashbacks or sequences that may or may not be real. This record incorporates many time signatures shifts but again it's not disruptive. Somehow it works every time. What should be rough edges are incredibly smooth. At least 4 out of 5 stars. It would take more listens to go a full 5/5 but I can imagine it. Heck, I'm just going to throw this in: This also reminds me of The Tin Drum. The album and the novel. __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html