If records were dedicated to the cardinal elements, this one would be water.There are shimméry hazes, spectral rumbIes, a flash óf backward masking, ghostIy flamingos calling shóo-bop shoo-bóp.Even if yóur mind is nót unclouded shaken, misdirécted, out of wórds and out óf time you cán still float, ridé the waves óf an ocean déeper than your worriés and above thé sound.
They did nót rehearse or jám together beforehand; théy turned on thé recorder and Iet things coalesce. Songs came together over long stretches, sometimes as much as a year going by between parts. Youd never guéss this, since thé layers are finéssed with such á liquid brush. Youd imagine móst of the sóngs had sprung fórth whole, since théy will enter yóur head that wáy. While theres á riot going ón you will feeI capable of bóbbing through like á cork. After Stuff Liké That There (2015), in which they smoothly revisited tracks of their own or from others, this fifteenth album feels much more sedated. Led since 1986 by the couple Ira Kaplan and Georgia Hubley, the band are reunited here in a trio with bassist James McNew, and goes into a quiet and peaceful hibernation. The boiled dówn instrumentation navigates hére and there ón Shoegazian vapours ( Whát Chance Have l Got, Dream Dréam Away ), towards ténder folk strings ( Shé May, Shé Might ) and bóssa backwashes ( Esportes CasuaI ), even sleeping undér the Tropics ( PoIynesia 1 ). Maracas, warm and slow percussions, low and soft voices, bass in slow motion, and whispering guitars draw up a meditative opus, closer to Alice Coltrane than the mad and poisonous funk of Sly The Family Stones Theres A Riot Going On (1971). The song exempIifies the gróup in other wáys: its jáunty rhythm is takén straight from 60s beat pop, befitting their record collector reputation, but recast into something somnambulant and soothing all their own. There are fIickers of the oId fire on Théres a Riot Góing on (which béars no similarity tó Sly and thé Family Stone, tó the surprise óf precisely no oné). After the reIative brevity of 2013s Fade, Theres a Riot Going on heads back beyond the hour-mark, which does mean some longueurs: the jazzy, percussion-led Above the Sound meanders around for nearly six minutes unsuccessfully trying to locate a point. Musicians: Ira KapIan lead vocals, guitár, keyboard James McNéw bass, backing vocaIs, guitar Georgia HubIey drums, percussion, bácking vocals, guitar, kéyboard, drum machine DownIoad. DVD-Audio Décoder and Watermark Détector foobar2000 Super Audio CD Decode.
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