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Weekly mp3 #48: Amplifier Machine - Her Mouth Is An Outlaw

Last one from the local CDs I picked up while in Melbourne. Pretentious, no-fun review site The Silent Ballet have put this track on one of their mixes. Um, but don't let that put you off. :p

This beatless track sounds like 2 guitars - one scratching out a low repeating riff, one making a shimmery mess - and a violin providing a mix of textural scraping sounds and deep sustained notes. It ebbs and flows over the course of a good 9 minutes, with the textures shifting, but the harmonic content basically staying the same. An uncharitable summary would be a Mogwai track that never kicks in? All for the better, I say. Bloody post-cock.

The three-piece released their debut album with this as the title track, first in 2007 through some Arts Victoria grant, then last year through US awesomeness label 12k.

Labels: music, weekly mp3

Posted at 1:10 PM