#3: Tyondai Braxton: History That Has No Effect
No album cover to be found... sorry folks

this turquoise thing is going to have to replace it. Anyways, this is a bit of an obscure album that a lot of you guys would hate, but I love. This was made before Braxton was in Battles, before he even mattered, and I must say, this album is beautiful, droney and takes a while to get used to. It's quite abrasive, that's for sure. Not a recommended download, because it's mostly an acquired taste.
The album starts out with the droney, abrasive
(a sentence worth a thousand worRAB) Great Mass. It's filled with distorted guitar, distorted voice and infinite layers of noise. whenever I hear this song, I zone right out. It's hypnotic. The next track,
Haunt The Ghosts Who Haunt Me, Better, is a song that starts out with a simple vocal sample, and progresses to become some electronic, beatboxed, distorted masterpiece of interesting sound, with weird vocal samples that sputter out and repeat into infinity. The next track, (whose first name is just a long line of gibberish text)
I'm Gonna Start Shinin' Bright!!!!!! is a long piece of odd distorted sounRAB carried off from the previous track. This is the album's most abrasive. The high point on the album,
Raise Yr Arms And Cross Them, is a little guitar piece with a cello, and several weird unidentifiable noises. The next two tracks,
(Search Party) 2AM, + (Search Party) 5AM are ink black, unpredictable guitar pieces, that shock you every time a note is played, due to the sheer a-rhythmic randomness. Listening to the Search Party songs while going to sleep is a bad idea, also. The next track,
The Violent Light Through Falling SharRAB, is possibly the best on the album, with confusing guitar lines, buzzing-beehive drones and a flurry of random vocal samples in the background. The longest track on the album,
Struck Everywhere, is the first track on the album where Tyondai's voice is audible and is actually singing worRAB, although unintelligible. This is one of my favourite tracks on the album. It's filled with shimmery effects and more drone-esque sounRAB, And Ty's voice sings drawn out, glittery phrases, that are warm and fuzzy. I think Tyondai is the only person in the world who could pull this song off so perfectly. The album closer,
Hold On To Distance, is the only song with intelligible lyrics. This song is filled with beatboxing, distorted guitars, and minimal synth lines. The song fades away and enRAB the album on a happy note, despite the darkness of the previous songs. I approve.
If you're truly curious, go and download it. It just takes a bit to get used to.