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In this day and age, when you get a CD labeled “electronica,”
you gently
place it in your player and cautiously sit down
with your ears covered,
for fear of a bunch of school kids screaming nonsense
over repetative
generic beats. Thus, Neon Mussolini will take you
by surprise.
The opening track “Emotional For The Last
Time,” which had potential to
be a girl shouting something like “I hate
boys” for four minutes, has
surfaced as something which from the word go,
is so much more
sophisticated. It's musical, and I'm all ears.
A simple beat plays over
a static-like-buzz synth line, and a slow male.
Granted, it doesn't seem
to get anywhere, but it's not bad.
And “Song For Jarle,” sounds like
a Nirvana demo with cleaner vocals.
Okay so there's some delay on the snare, but other
than that it's all
cleaner than a really clean whistle. It is, like
the previous track,
fairly slow paced and as you plod through, there
is an anxious feeling;
one that just wishes it could hurry up a little
and get somewhere.
“Australia.” this is what I was expecting.
A pacey synth line pulsing
through, and your regular drum machine. However,
a few more layers are
added, and suddenly, the song has completely justified
itself and it's
turned into quite a number. It's an instrumental
though, and again
doesn't seem to get anywhere, despite being very
good. We need a
combination, a beautiful blend if you will. We
need to reunite the
vocalist with this track.
The final track is a similar story to the first.
It has so much
potential but it just misses out. It's too dense
to be ambient, it's too
slow to dance to, and most of all, it's a shame,
because Neon Mussolini
have some real song-writing skill. In terms of
tone, recording, and
melody, it's spot on.
3.5/5
Review by Thom |
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1. Emotional for the last time
2. Song for jarle
3. Australia
4. Oh no (for kenneth) |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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What Was That? |
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