Colour Coded Album Reviews
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volcom61913
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Very raw and sexy album. They picked up quite a following with this one and rightfully so, it's a perfect 'dude' album. What do you think of their solo material? I only have Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains and I don't think much of it to be honest, and I've never heard anything by MSTRKRFT.
BLUE
SILENT SHOUT THE KNIFE
It’s not immediately apparent, but The Knife are a real emotional band. It’s not apparent because they’re an electronica - excuse me! IDM (Intelligent Dance Music) group, a genre that has its share of beautiful tracks (Aphex Twin’s “Fingerbib”, BoarRAB of Canada’s “Roygbiv”), but the emotional that I’m referring to here is lyrical, so it’s only coincidental that The Knife are emotional and IDM. The Knife’s vocal delivery and lyrics can be anxious, fleeting, hopeful, definitely catchy - you can count on them to connect. It’s no surprise then that Jose Gonzales covered, and made famous, their 2003 single Hearbeats. They follow suite with Silent Shout, an a dark, dark album that’s also incredibly danceable (throw it in the mix at a club, it won’t feel out of place). Inspired by Charles Burn’s black and white graphic novel Black Hole, Silent Shout immediately smothers the listener with pulsating beats.
Don’t let the electronica/IDM tag fool you, this is an album you sit down and listen to first before moving to it. There are only two instances I can think of that a reverse order is acceptable, and that’s when We Share Our Mother’s Health and Like A Pen come on. Due to its conceptual nature, the song progression is smooth and timed for momentum. The best example of this happens between 6 minute nightmare The Captain and club friendly We Share Our Mother’s health. It’s safe to say you won’t get bored or tired of the album. All the beats and songs are varied enough for a possible entire listen-through. If you couldn’t sit through all of Music Has The Right to Children or Selected Ambient Works 85 - 92, give Silent Shout a chance.
WE SHARE OUR MOTHER'S HEALTH
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9.0
SILENT SHOUT THE KNIFE
It’s not immediately apparent, but The Knife are a real emotional band. It’s not apparent because they’re an electronica - excuse me! IDM (Intelligent Dance Music) group, a genre that has its share of beautiful tracks (Aphex Twin’s “Fingerbib”, BoarRAB of Canada’s “Roygbiv”), but the emotional that I’m referring to here is lyrical, so it’s only coincidental that The Knife are emotional and IDM. The Knife’s vocal delivery and lyrics can be anxious, fleeting, hopeful, definitely catchy - you can count on them to connect. It’s no surprise then that Jose Gonzales covered, and made famous, their 2003 single Hearbeats. They follow suite with Silent Shout, an a dark, dark album that’s also incredibly danceable (throw it in the mix at a club, it won’t feel out of place). Inspired by Charles Burn’s black and white graphic novel Black Hole, Silent Shout immediately smothers the listener with pulsating beats.
Don’t let the electronica/IDM tag fool you, this is an album you sit down and listen to first before moving to it. There are only two instances I can think of that a reverse order is acceptable, and that’s when We Share Our Mother’s Health and Like A Pen come on. Due to its conceptual nature, the song progression is smooth and timed for momentum. The best example of this happens between 6 minute nightmare The Captain and club friendly We Share Our Mother’s health. It’s safe to say you won’t get bored or tired of the album. All the beats and songs are varied enough for a possible entire listen-through. If you couldn’t sit through all of Music Has The Right to Children or Selected Ambient Works 85 - 92, give Silent Shout a chance.
WE SHARE OUR MOTHER'S HEALTH
[YOUTUBE]
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9.0
justinclayjr
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I approve of this album and this thread concept.
Rohit.fire
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Yeah it's a solid album. I have had the MSTRKRFT album on my hard drive for over a year and not played it 
december.rain
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Right?
Even if only for the juxstaposition of having an album called "Green" in the orange section.
Also, for the rainbow section:
I'm too dense figure out what the deal with the color code is. Don't be offended, it's not you, it's me.
Is this a experiment to determine if the color of the album cover has a relationship to the quality of music on the CD? Should I avoid buying green recorRAB? Has anyone on this thread graduated from high school yet?
Maybe someting entirely different is going on with these color codes. My fevered brain is imagining all sorts of bizarre subtexts and double meanings.
Hmmmmm....Wasn't there some kind of color coded warning system for terrorist attacks? This isn't a sleeper cell is it?
Maybe the thread is a harmless ritualized circle jerk for people with a fetish for a certain colors. That's getting uncomfortably close to a discussion between fashion designer and hairdresser I once overheard. Are you getting my drift?
Don't be offended by my remarks. I don't have anything against those of you who have a fetish, expcept maybe for pedophilia. Ditto for those you with gender indentity issues.
I'm just hoping that expressing my view on color coding isn't a hate crime.
Is this a experiment to determine if the color of the album cover has a relationship to the quality of music on the CD? Should I avoid buying green recorRAB? Has anyone on this thread graduated from high school yet?
Maybe someting entirely different is going on with these color codes. My fevered brain is imagining all sorts of bizarre subtexts and double meanings.
Hmmmmm....Wasn't there some kind of color coded warning system for terrorist attacks? This isn't a sleeper cell is it?
Maybe the thread is a harmless ritualized circle jerk for people with a fetish for a certain colors. That's getting uncomfortably close to a discussion between fashion designer and hairdresser I once overheard. Are you getting my drift?
Don't be offended by my remarks. I don't have anything against those of you who have a fetish, expcept maybe for pedophilia. Ditto for those you with gender indentity issues.
I'm just hoping that expressing my view on color coding isn't a hate crime.