Controller.Controller
I'm a little behind the times folks... I discovered Controller.Controller only a few months ago. They have a new album titled X-Amounts which is good, but not as astounding as their 2004 release History.
This is one of the most concise and engaging albums I have ever heard. At ~25 minutes it is more of an EP than an album, but the quality of those 25 minutes is remarkably high. That is, the density of good music is quite large.
Their music is some form of beat driven electric rock. At times ethereal but never far from a high energy chorus with blaring guitar work and pounding drums. It's the beat freak in me that is most engaged by this music, I can crank up the volume and thrash my head around, stomp my feat and just enjoy the rhythm.
Reviews:
Pitchforkmedia's Joe Tangari - 8.3/10.0 The opening title track states the band's intentions to move you in every way possible with copious hi-hat, scratchy, clean-toned guitar chords and Basnayake's Byrne-ish sing/speak admonitions, "You need to make corrections/ You need to pay attention." And that's just one of the nearly constant highlights as the band grooves through a half-hour of sharply honed post-disco, shuddering through the frenetic and dramatic chord changes and buildups of "Silent Seven", and slipping on the viscous rhythms of "Disco Blackout". Controller.Controller have pulled together a deftly funky debut, as full of thoughtful songcraft as pure kinetic energy. And that's really what separates History from the dance-rock pack-- it's not just something to sweat to, it's something to sing along to, and something to come back to.
Exercises for the reader:
History
Silent Seven
Watch
This is one of the most concise and engaging albums I have ever heard. At ~25 minutes it is more of an EP than an album, but the quality of those 25 minutes is remarkably high. That is, the density of good music is quite large.
Their music is some form of beat driven electric rock. At times ethereal but never far from a high energy chorus with blaring guitar work and pounding drums. It's the beat freak in me that is most engaged by this music, I can crank up the volume and thrash my head around, stomp my feat and just enjoy the rhythm.
 | Purchase from Amazon |
Reviews:
Pitchforkmedia's Joe Tangari - 8.3/10.0 The opening title track states the band's intentions to move you in every way possible with copious hi-hat, scratchy, clean-toned guitar chords and Basnayake's Byrne-ish sing/speak admonitions, "You need to make corrections/ You need to pay attention." And that's just one of the nearly constant highlights as the band grooves through a half-hour of sharply honed post-disco, shuddering through the frenetic and dramatic chord changes and buildups of "Silent Seven", and slipping on the viscous rhythms of "Disco Blackout". Controller.Controller have pulled together a deftly funky debut, as full of thoughtful songcraft as pure kinetic energy. And that's really what separates History from the dance-rock pack-- it's not just something to sweat to, it's something to sing along to, and something to come back to.
Exercises for the reader:
History
Silent Seven
Watch
posted by JonBen at 11:23 AM
2 Comments:
Well, thanks, JonBen! I always say "better late than never", but then I just left the band, so what the hell do I know. I do hope they continue with a better singer...not a difficult feat, not something that hasn't been done before with great results, but not something that's up to me, either.
xoxoN.
P.S. Do you mind if I put a link to your blog on mine?
I am quite upset by this news, I love your vocals, the band won't be the same without you.
This does free you up to do something completely different and perhaps even more remarkable.... no pressure or anything, just a thought.
If you want to link to my blog please feel free, I do plan on updating more often once my bloody thesis is done...
Post a Comment
<< Home