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With 2005's GODS AND MONSTERS, I Am Kloot follows up its well received self-titled album. While the results aren't quite as adventurous as the former offering, the Manchester, England-based trio is clearly more focused here, streamlining its sound with more straightforward arrangements. Like fellow hometown heroes Doves, I Am Kloot specializes in driving, moody rock, using the typically spare trio format in service of surprisingly dense, sharply crafted tunes that seem to be the work of a larger ensemble. Singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Johnny Bramwell, with his Robyn Hitchcock-like vocals and dynamic guitar playing, is the group's primary creative force, but, on much of GODS AND MONSTERS, drummer Andy Hargreaves proves to be the band's MVP, with potent and intuitive percussion that energizes numerous songs, including the fierce opener, "No Direction Home," and the keys-heavy title track.
Additional personnel: Norman McLeod (pedal steel guitar); Robert Marsh (trumpet).
Spin (p.103) - "[S]pare, cracker-crisp Britrock not unlike Spoon's musings." - Grade: B+
Entertainment Weekly (No. 836, p.61) - "...[W]ith angular arrangements and a darkly romantic wit that's all his own." - Grade: B+ I Am Kloot Gods And Monsters Songs Gods And Monsters Review
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Rainy days were made for melancholic, textured, and gorgeously conceived albums like I Am Kloot's self-titled disc. Leaping ahead of the mellow folk-rock of the band's debut, NATURAL HISTORY, this follow-up not only expands the group's sonic palette, it raises the bar on the overall quality of songwriting and performance. Alt-country shuffle ("Untitled #1"), heavy psychedelic rock ("Life in a Day"), dark jazzy noir ("A Strange Arrangement of Colour"), and ghostly ballads of self-reckoning ("Mermaids") are only a few of the styles wrapped in I Am Kloot's sophisticated guitar/bass/drums arrangements.
Any release this aurally striking would merit notice, but it is John Bramwell's songwriting that truly distinguishes the album. Introspective, unrelentingly melodic, and full of profound observation and detail, Bramwell's compositions immediately capture attention, whether ...
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On this immensely appealing debut, SILENT ALARM, the London-based quartet Bloc Party fulfills the promise of their barnstorming 2004 singles "Banquet" and "She's Hearing Voices." Led by magnetic frontman Kele Okereke, the band extracts the most fascinating aspects of the previous 25 years of British indie rock and fuses them into a new entity--complete with smarts and heart--never delving into retro-kitsch or slavish imitation.
Okerere's urgent yelp most often recalls a fired-up incarnation of the Cure's Robert Smith, but the sounds the group creates echo everything from Gang of Four's staccato militarism ("Banquet") to the reverberating guitars of the Chameleons ("Price of Gas"). At times, Bloc Party also recalls the ecstatic soundwashes of early-1990s cult pioneers like Ride ("Plans") and Slowdive ("Compliments"). Lyrically, Okerere tilts toward an endearing ...
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Remarkably, in its intricate, gorgeously crafted surfaces, ILLINOIS lives up to its aims. In addition to its symphonic grandeur, the album also showcases Stevens's heartland folk, and some of the album's most shimmering moments are its most spare. "John Wayne Gacy, Jr.," for instance, is an absorbing narrative that features Stevens's sweet tenor couched by guitar, piano, and backing vocals. "Casimir Pulaski Day," similarly, rides a rootsy banjo and guitar groove while Stevens unfurls image-rich lyrics over a lilting melody. Witty, audacious, and moving, ILLINOIS manages to be spiritual, entertaining, and educational all at once, resulting in an utterly unique conceptual and musical statement.
The first new album since Seven Swans and the second in his 52 state series. Sufjan is one of the leading figures in the twisted folk revolution that includes Joanna Newsom, Devendra Banhart and Iron + Wine. 22 tracks, it is a breathtaking record, sure to be in all of the end of the year best of polls. ''A consistently moving, subtly beautiful experience'' -Billboard. ''A record of remarkable delicacy'' -the Guardian. ''Quietly beautiful'' -Rolling Stone. Spunk Records. 2005.
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The success of Death Cab For Cutie's TRANSATLANTICISM, and Death Cab main man Ben Gibbard's debut album with the Postal Service, combined to make PLANS one of the most heavily anticipated indie-rock records in many moons. Anyone who thought the band's move to a major label would rob DCFC's unique brand of literate, melancholy music of its legendary intensity needn't have worried--PLANS is one of the group's most accomplished and emotionally resonant efforts.
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Whatever moniker they come up with, whenever Robert Fripp, Adrian Belew, and Trey Gunn come together to make their eclectic electronic music the spirit of King Crimson is embedded in every note. On SPACE GROOVE, ProjecKt Two, which is described as the first fractal of King Crimson, finds Fripp and Gunn manning their respective synth-laden guitars while Belew plays drums, masterfully performing on the Roland electronic V Drums throughout. The trio joined forces in Belew's Nashville ...
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