Electro-industrial. Funky. Words that spring to mind. Industrial first
with "if I only had a gun" twisting around itself, building all the
time into "blip", a mean and nasty distorted vocal blast replete with
call-and-response punkish shouting. Topper! and the album's high
point. A more experimental vein is mined in the noise of
"modulations" and "charlotte's web site" (white and ambient,
respectively). The latter also features orb-like animal samples, not
surprising really given the space dedicated to animal welfare on the
sleeve. The remaining tracks are biased towards electro and hence do
not do the business for me, although the downright funk and THAT riff
in "makin it hard" deserves a mention.
This album crosses genres. If they were all genres I liked, this would
be a massive plus for me, I like variation---done well (and this is
done well). As it is, half the album is excellent, the rest I can live
without.
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