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Angels of Light – The Angels of Light Sing ‘Other People’
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NeufuturThis is not just an album, but a story, a movie, and above all, it is transcendent.Each time I review a disc, it gives me a little more information about some facet of life which I had not known before the review. This time, I realized that I was listening to the former leader of the Swans. After having mouth agape at the disc, I decided to forge on and was met with another shock – this music is some of the hardest to categorize (pigeonhole), and for that, I thank Michael. Where a track comes out like “My Friend Thorâ€, seemingly dead-pan serious and straightforward, one just has to wait for the inevitable “gotcha!†– this time, a very Beach Boys-esque choir accompaniment. Angels of Light delve through all the different movements of American music and pick and choose on a track by track basis. What results is an incredibly diverse album that is truly experimentative in its designs. Where a track like “On the Mountain†can simultaneously tap the gospel and country elements of American music, Angels of Light do it in such a way that there is no doubt that someone from 2004 was doing patently 1920s......
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Akron/Family – Self-Titled
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Neufutur"they are an alternative to the acceptable forms of music"A very sedate style of music that mixes together Radiohead, Neil Young, and David Bowie, Akron/Family begins their self-titled CD with a track that almost seems dated in its delivery. “Before and Again†is much more before than again, an anachronism that is fixed with “Suchnessâ€. The flittering flutes of “Suchness†afford the track some atmospheric relevancy – it honestly feels as if one is outside when listening to the track. Nature is almost another instrument on this disc, and puts a spin on this disc that seemingly all Young God releases have – this self-titled disc hearkens back to the immediate (19th century) past of America. Everything seems randomly-placed on tracks like “Italyâ€, the disc’s breaking-point; an eight-minute epic, “Italy’s†splashy drums and chorus of singers are practically the only things that keep the track from sinking like the “Titanicâ€. The disc seems to be divided into tracks due to purely commercial means. Akron/Family’s output is much more of a forty or fifty minute opera, with a number of movements. When Akron/Family finally goes radio-friendly (in Running, Returning) is where I can begin to understand why the band was signed.......
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Angels of Light – The Angels of Light Sing ‘Other People’
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NeufuturThis is not just an album, but a story, a movie, and above all, it is transcendent.Each time I review a disc, it gives me a little more information about some facet of life which I had not known before the review. This time, I realized that I was listening to the former leader of the Swans. After having mouth agape at the disc, I decided to forge on and was met with another shock – this music is some of the hardest to categorize (pigeonhole), and for that, I thank Michael. Where a track comes out like “My Friend Thorâ€, seemingly dead-pan serious and straightforward, one just has to wait for the inevitable “gotcha!†– this time, a very Beach Boys-esque choir accompaniment. Angels of Light delve through all the different movements of American music and pick and choose on a track by track basis. What results is an incredibly diverse album that is truly experimentative in its designs. Where a track like “On the Mountain†can simultaneously tap the gospel and country elements of American music, Angels of Light do it in such a way that there is no doubt that someone from 2004 was doing patently 1920s......
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Akron/Family – Self-Titled
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Neufutur"they are an alternative to the acceptable forms of music"A very sedate style of music that mixes together Radiohead, Neil Young, and David Bowie, Akron/Family begins their self-titled CD with a track that almost seems dated in its delivery. “Before and Again†is much more before than again, an anachronism that is fixed with “Suchnessâ€. The flittering flutes of “Suchness†afford the track some atmospheric relevancy – it honestly feels as if one is outside when listening to the track. Nature is almost another instrument on this disc, and puts a spin on this disc that seemingly all Young God releases have – this self-titled disc hearkens back to the immediate (19th century) past of America. Everything seems randomly-placed on tracks like “Italyâ€, the disc’s breaking-point; an eight-minute epic, “Italy’s†splashy drums and chorus of singers are practically the only things that keep the track from sinking like the “Titanicâ€. The disc seems to be divided into tracks due to purely commercial means. Akron/Family’s output is much more of a forty or fifty minute opera, with a number of movements. When Akron/Family finally goes radio-friendly (in Running, Returning) is where I can begin to understand why the band was signed.......
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Angels of Light – The Angels of Light Sing ‘Other People’
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NeufuturThis is not just an album, but a story, a movie, and above all, it is transcendent.Each time I review a disc, it gives me a little more information about some facet of life which I had not known before the review. This time, I realized that I was listening to the former leader of the Swans. After having mouth agape at the disc, I decided to forge on and was met with another shock – this music is some of the hardest to categorize (pigeonhole), and for that, I thank Michael. Where a track comes out like “My Friend Thorâ€, seemingly dead-pan serious and straightforward, one just has to wait for the inevitable “gotcha!†– this time, a very Beach Boys-esque choir accompaniment. Angels of Light delve through all the different movements of American music and pick and choose on a track by track basis. What results is an incredibly diverse album that is truly experimentative in its designs. Where a track like “On the Mountain†can simultaneously tap the gospel and country elements of American music, Angels of Light do it in such a way that there is no doubt that someone from 2004 was doing patently 1920s......