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...with surprise and intimacy. A clear example of this inherent synergy is the song “Still,” which is actually the Bon Iver song “Woods”—off January’s “Blood Bank” EP??accompanied by numerous synthesizers, guitars, and loops. The original is comprised solely of Vernon singing one melodic line, laced with Auto-Tune, repeated over and over, each time with an added harmony layered on top. While this works nicely, the beefier version on “Unmap?...
...took their nine favorite songs from the recording session, threw them together in no particular order and called it a day. “Uprising,” “Undisclosed Desires” and “Exogenesis Symphony” alone might make a five-star EP??just don’t be surprised if you find yourself fast-forwarding through the rest...
...idea had metastasized from ‘lets do a couple of songs’ to ‘let’s have a whole yearlong project.’”The execution of the yearlong project would ultimately entail the recording of twelve self-released EP??s in 2006. “It was a bigger risk than I think we realized,” says Rudder, recalling the work involved in such a mammoth task.Rice agrees: “The hardest thing was definitely making the songs. But there were other things...
...Buddy Holly,” he exclaimed as he switched “Infinite Lives” out of the stereo. Blanks. usually pride themselves on not being stingy about their music. Anyone anxious to hear their work can find it for free on the web. Four of the EP??s eight tracks are available for download on the Blanks.’ website, www.loveromp.com. Blanks. is also streaming themselves on their MySpace profile at www.myspace.com/blanks. Boch explains: “Internet radio and podcasting are changing the way music is distributed. You don?...
...he’s not using a metaphor; the poor bloke’s having a relationship with an imaginary friend. While it often grasps at the sublime, “The Life Pursuit” falls short of greatness. It could have been a perfectly crafted EP??of which this band has already made several—had the disc’s filler been culled. While on balance the good outweighs the bad, it remains hard to sit through the clunkers, such as “To Be Myself Completely,” whose vague lyrics...