New Adventures In Hi-Fi by R.E.M. _________________ "And can’t you see you’re in on it?
You were born though you need not
And is that not some cause
For worship, being born among these trees?"
Instrumental rock trio, leaning to the jazzier end of the spectrum thanks to some thick, organic, lyrical bass playing, some loose drumming, and a nice line in languid, sonorous guitar wankery. Not convinced that this is really much better than the clunky 'jazz-for-Radiohead-fans' that Neil Cowley and his overbearing piano conjure up - it seems to be aiming for somewhere between early Tortoise and Nels Cline at his most boring, and it's probably just about hitting its mark, though it's definitely closer to the latter than the former. That said, there's definitely enough here to ensure I'll be returning, and that first song in particular borders on beautiful at times. Also, I basically trust Hubro - the record label this is out on - to feed me good music, so for that alone it deserves more chances, although this is definitely towards the safer end of the stuff they put out. One of those albums that could possibly worm its way into my psyche given the right mood and enough playtime. There's a fairly dope cover of Portishead's 'Sour Times' here too - that and the aforementioned opener are worth the price of the admission. _________________ 2021 in full effect. Come drop me some recs. Y'all know what I like.
Instrumental rock trio, leaning to the jazzier end of the spectrum thanks to some thick, organic, lyrical bass playing, some loose drumming, and a nice line in languid, sonorous guitar wankery. Not convinced that this is really much better than the clunky 'jazz-for-Radiohead-fans' that Neil Cowley and his overbearing piano conjure up - it seems to be aiming for somewhere between early Tortoise and Nels Cline at his most boring, and it's probably just about hitting its mark, though it's definitely closer to the latter than the former. That said, there's definitely enough here to ensure I'll be returning, and that first song in particular borders on beautiful at times. Also, I basically trust Hubro - the record label this is out on - to feed me good music, so for that alone it deserves more chances, although this is definitely towards the safer end of the stuff they put out. One of those albums that could possibly worm its way into my psyche given the right mood and enough playtime. There's a fairly dope cover of Portishead's 'Sour Times' here too - that and the aforementioned opener are worth the price of the admission.
Typically anything on Hubro is worth listening to. They always put out really interesting stuff. Going to have to give this a listen though, thanks for pointing it out 😄 _________________ Doubles & Conch
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