{"id":334,"date":"2006-10-27T19:30:06","date_gmt":"2006-10-27T18:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=334"},"modified":"2006-12-06T22:09:21","modified_gmt":"2006-12-06T21:09:21","slug":"subtle-for-hero-for-fool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=334","title":{"rendered":"subtle – for hero for fool"},"content":{"rendered":"

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second album proper from this ongoing anticon<\/STRONG> collective. which follows on quickly from their recent (and brilliant) cd\/dvd set, wishingbone<\/EM>. as reviewed here<\/A>. <\/FONT><\/DIV>
as before, the basis of the music is hop hop beats and deft lyrical wordplay. <\/FONT><\/DIV>
though it should be noted, that this is a style of hip hop like no-one else makes, and here’s the reason why : <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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dax pierson – throat, harmonica<\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV>
alexander kort – electric and acoustics, cello and bass<\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV>
jardan dalrymple – drums, guitar, synth, throat<\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV>
jeffrey jel iogan – drum machine<\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV>
marty kaianf donvers – woodwind, synth<\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV>
adam doseone drucker, words, throat, treatments, art<\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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the band is a collective all manner of strange noise making folks. not your usual 2 decks and a microphone, nor guitar\/bass\/drum\/keyboard band set up, i mean apart from orchestrated extras how many hip hop bands utilise cellos !<\/FONT><\/DIV>
if you have heard anything from the anticon setup then the strangeness on offer will not come as a major surprise. there is the same use of off the wall sonic tricks and treatments, the same helium styled speed vocals and the same overall atmosphere of wonder and uniqueness.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
with the future of the band in a state of concern following a serious bus accident last year, it’s great to hear the band give it their all and be unified in their creation for such a brilliant, and for once for the anticon mindset, consistently listenable, album. <\/FONT><\/DIV>
where this is most evident is on the most straightforward rock-rap track, nomanisisland <\/EM>that has the funkiest rumble bass and chopped up guitars with relatively straight up rap vocals.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
an mtv-styled crossover hit ? well not quite, but for subtle <\/STRONG>this is the closest they get to a normal rock-pop song and makes for a wonderful mid-album highlight.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
a trick they just about repeat with bed to the bills <\/EM>later on in the flow.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
naturally, i have yet to figure out exactly what the hell these guys are talking about across most of the 11 tracks, but as the music is as compelling and enjoyable, i know that this aspect will be revealed over time making the album more involving with each spin.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
i will admit, this is not album that will be soundtracking groove some get togethers, nor one for the straight up hip hop loving headz, as it’s a challenging album to love, with prog rock-esque changes in rhythm and melody midsong, the 7 minutes of penultimate track call to dive, <\/EM>being a particular example, as well as the trademarked hard to decipher wordplay, and non-standard instrumetation, subtle<\/STRONG> is a band in a class of one, and long may they continue to be so.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
as sometimes, such a challenge, is worthwhile as the eventual dividends are all the more delicious and rewarding.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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out now on the ever impressive lex records<\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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more detail<\/EM> : here<\/A><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  second album proper from this ongoing anticon collective. which follows on quickly from their recent (and brilliant) cd\/dvd set, wishingbone. as reviewed here. as before, the basis of the music is hop hop beats and deft lyrical wordplay.  though it should be noted, that this is a style of hip hop like no-one else […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}