Finely crafted electronic beats– you’ll hear lots of jazzy structured numbers, and a few indie rockers too. Dosh’s 5th, this time experimenting with more vocals and drums, is dedicated to his friend/soundman Tom C. who died unexpectedly a few yrs ago. Andrew Bird makes a couple appearances, but, well, I wasn’t impressed. Play with the Books, Prefuse 73, etc. Check out how every track starts with some kinda interesting sample or beat! Try 10, 8, 2
(1) Percussive vocal samples, jazzy electronic arpeggios over the usual funky drum & synth territory (2) * Shuffly funk opens up to hot jazz drums, plain vocals simple lyrics (3) Big sampled beat, beautiful slide guitar, andrew bird vocals (4) Bright, feels like a Jam session drum kit challenge (5) Beautiful sparse piano piece (6) Lo-bit keys and cut-up sample of dosh covering pink floyd’s ‘run like hell’ (7) Improvised piano and glistening atmospherics (8) * Dense. Saxophone & harpsichord highlight (9) Looped acoustic strum, andrew bird returns (10) * Epic, beautiful. Thrashing drums & guitar appear toward middle & end