STILL SINGLE

A space for thoughts on music and culture, as written by Doug Mosurock and a select handful of individuals. This is intended as a supplement to our regular feature Still Single, published on Dusted Magazine. Updates will run here more frequently, and may feature writing on music not covered in the column. Compact discs are still not accepted for review -- we have more than enough vinyl and the occasional cassette to worry about.

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July 7, 2010

Yves/Son/Ace – Parade of Thought LP (Night-People)

This is a solo side-project of the Factums/Love Tan vector, and according to the Sacred Bones site, this is an album of “experimental synth pop” with a “desolate, murky atmosphere and references to Suicide, Joe Meek-style futures, the most paranoid Ralph Records releases and Industrial 80’s minimal wave.” Other loaded phrases and words include “Alan Vega,” “oscillating music box melodies,” “doomy three note keyboard patterns giving way to boombox drones,” “Hive Mind-style static,” “perfect weirdo edge,” and “Japanese Vanity label” (as in “would’ve fit nicely on one.”) I do agree that this album is experimental; it is an experiment in half-assed outcomes, in the art of fucking around with FX boxes and neglected keyboards, left over in a practice space from some other band, for what better not be more than one evening’s duration, the art of starting in one place and eventually reaching maximum threshold of cool-approved references in an online bio. By virtue of the names mentioned and nods made, reading the bio out-loud creates a far more interesting audio situation than is created when the album is physically placed on a rotating turntable. (http://www.raccoo-oo-oon.org/np)
(Andrew Earles)

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