Thursday, November 5, 2009
It takes showmanship to be an electronic band. Without poetry or wordplay to rely on, a band has to create their personality based on their music and how they carry themselves.
Take Girl Talk, for example. His shows are a big, awesome, sweaty mess. And even though he can’t look brash with a guitar, bass or drums, he is able to show people how he really is through the way he showcases his work.
Fuck Buttons have been taking the loud, crass approach for their career (hell, just look at their band name) and have been able to build off of that to create a personality. This album, however, makes it seem as if they’ve started to grow up a little.
The album starts with “Surf Solar,” which, as a good electronic song should, builds and builds and builds until there are so many layers you aren’t sure where it started. It seems as if the band is building and building on their previous work, and allows it to just let loose. There’s an enormous amount of depth to Tarot Sport, and as someone who generally dislikes electronica, I think it’s actually a killer album. It’s accessible (and lack of accessibility drives me away from most electronica in the first place) and filled to the brim with absolutely nuclear beats. And when I say nuclear, I mean nuclear.
Three and a half out of four stars.
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theloudlife (anonymous) says...
It totally takes some serious showmanship to be an electric band. We've been working with 3Oh!3 and GirlTalk on a new reality series and even with not a ton on stage, you still get a great show. Look how crazy Greg gets in this clip.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTBHzn...
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