pleased to present, who knows - maybe even one of the candidates for album of the year. The work of the Australian quartet composed of Dan Whitford, Tim Hoey, Mitchell Scott Dean, Ben Browning. This is their third album, Zonoscope, which confirms the status of one of the most consistent contemporary groups.
Zonoscope has more than 60 minutes and 11 songs, but do not panic - this is not progressive, pulsing techno, only a very intelligent, sometimes abutteth elektrodance pop. In these 60 plus minutes is made up of more than 15 minutes suite Sun God, in which we find the essence of the entire album, that is: a lot of positive dance, a little punk alternative, a pinch of trance and all links to the best of synthpopie synths, beats, samples. A lot of these here almost metallic, about neworderowskich or depechemodowskich patches, which complement the live instruments in proportions roughly 50%, but sometimes we have to dealing with a "clean" playing - for example, Alisia, the number ocierającym about punkrock, with a predominance of rock. Dan and Tim, who plays the guitar using them - you have to admit - very cleverly, and how you can przybrudzić, clean instrumentation. Here, I think Yo La Tengo and guitar madness, Cut Copy, although far short of breaking the neck. Cut Copy can also be a "romantic and warm" in a plastic envelope sonically, as evidenced by Hanging Onto Every Heartbeat. The Take Me Over the close to its wording, Kylie Minogue and her flagship hits from the 80's. Anyway Zonoscope is another example of reaching for a wave of new-wave and synthpop, which date mostly from the 80th. Pharaos Pyramids and it is again an example excel in today's electronica artists, especially Hot Chip. Cut Copy is trying to actually look like in the song Blink, And You'll Miss A Revolution, the style of the vocals of Alexis Taylor, and the whole is a little pulled from Ready For The Floor, but the piece and so the weapons. At times the album is close to techno, but never comes close to a narcotic intoxication, allowing the listener to relax rather than to intoxicate.
I have major reservations about the whole, live instruments can be heard well, hinting that Cut Copy would cope without the synthesizers, even before a more demanding audience. Australians are easy to create good, maybe not groundbreaking - but definitely catchy melodies. You can listen to their songs, but you can also have fun with them. It is a compromise between the strict wording of the dance, synthpop and electronic alternative. Hot Chip have really worthy competitors. Off Festival? Fits like a find. Arthur ...
Rating: 4.5
Issued by: Martin Barela
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