Word: sonics
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Dropped by his label, he built a recording studio—called the Sonic Promiseland—in his Los Angeles bedroom and recorded 36 songs, each in one take. Word-of-mouth hype, coupled with brief mention in the New York Times and support from The Roots, generated anticipation for an album release as unique as the artist himself. Turning down record deals reaching seven figures, ChesnuTT sold the first pressings of The Headphone Masterpiece on his website, with his cousin as manager...
...meaning. He continues to avoid the pressures that fame, a solid first album, and a Grammy nomination tend to exert on the singer-songwriter. White Ladder fans will find that while Gray’s distinctive voice has not changed, A New Day At Midnight displays a very different sonic character from his debut album. Where Gray was upbeat and optimistic with hyped up rhythms and excessive energy on songs like “Babylon” on his first album, he presents a much more solemn and thoughtful spirit throughout New Day. Tracks like “Dead...
...projector screen looming above racks of mixers, keyboards and laptops. Stranger sounds probably never emerged from Science Center D. Guest artist Keith Fullerton Whitman, best known as glitchcore renegade Hrvatski, began his half-hour set with lo-fi guitar twangs that quickly dissolved into a hypnotic ocean of swirling sonic detritus, electronic squalls, static bombs, gurgles and crackles...
...songs, at least to the untrained ear, have little lyrical content, and what they do have is largely irrelevant: words are simply a starting point and an excuse to add Claypool’s nasal vocals to the Flying Frog’s sonic stew. Songs are extended almost indefinitely, mutating as they go. It’s as though Sigur Ros got very drunk and woke up in Vermont playing blues for rock fans. Claypool even led the crowd in a Viking chant...
...that.” Gabriel is never boring to listen to, but when none of the songs is much shorter than seven minutes, the burden of listening to an entire rendition of how his head sounds is more pain than it’s worth. If Gabriel realizes his sonic experiments on the outer limits of pop much more interesting than how his head sounds, his next album will do his stunning voice and talent more justice...