Barons Of Tang, The / Knots & Tangles
| Album: | Knots & Tangles | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Barons Of Tang, The | Added: | Jul 2011 | |
| Label: | Self-Release | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2011-09-18 | Pull Date: | 2011-11-20 |
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| Week Ending: | Nov 20 | Nov 13 | Oct 30 | Oct 16 | Oct 2 | Sep 25 |
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| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Nov 19, 2011: | New World Disorder
St Vitus' Dance |
4. | Oct 29, 2011: | New World Disorder
The Of Of Of |
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| 2. | Nov 16, 2011: | Buford J. Sharkley's Themeless Escapades
The Last Song |
5. | Oct 10, 2011: | NOT Palo Alto City Council i
The Of Of Of |
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| 3. | Nov 09, 2011: | razor's edge
St Vitus' Dance |
6. | Sep 28, 2011: | bricolage
The Last Song |
Album Review
Sadie O.
Reviewed 2011-09-15
Reviewed 2011-09-15
The Barons of Tang – Knots and Tangles
Reviewed by Sadie O., 9/15/11
Gypsy swing/café jazz/Balkan/metal/oom-pah/tango mashup from Melbourne. Every song goes through a series of terrifying personality changes. All absinthe and bagettes, with a splash of arsenic...
1. 5:25 ****uptempo percussion, sawed Gypsy violins, the full-tilt (and fully tilted) oom-pah brass. A bit syncopated and strange to be proper Gypsy brass, which is just fine. Suddenly switches to pretty double-time Victorian café jazzy something. Switches again to drums and false ending, violin plinks, building to wild steampunk melee. Ends with drunken satanic clowns.
2. 6:35 ****happy bobby little French café accordion. Hard to be in a bad mood around this – at least until the large metal chords and hyperactivity set in. Goes all ape-shit. Then there’s horns and hardarts. Howling ghosts lead into next track.
3. 1:31 **howling ghosts, scary bass noises. Lemurs made out of rusty iron.
4. 6:07 ****heavy metal polka, theramin samba… shredding electric guitar and tubas. Cows on pogo sticks. Then it’s all Math Rock!
5. 5:16 ***fractured bits of all different kinds of stuff, most of it fairly dischordant. Settles into a halfbreed polka/tango. Gets rather romantic and tender for a moment, but I DON’T TRUST IT. There, see? Told you so. Ha.
6. 1:40 ***theramin waltz. Deeply damaged. Hear the tiny creatures crying out for help. Just don’t help them. Trust me.
Reviewed by Sadie O., 9/15/11
Gypsy swing/café jazz/Balkan/metal/oom-pah/tango mashup from Melbourne. Every song goes through a series of terrifying personality changes. All absinthe and bagettes, with a splash of arsenic...
1. 5:25 ****uptempo percussion, sawed Gypsy violins, the full-tilt (and fully tilted) oom-pah brass. A bit syncopated and strange to be proper Gypsy brass, which is just fine. Suddenly switches to pretty double-time Victorian café jazzy something. Switches again to drums and false ending, violin plinks, building to wild steampunk melee. Ends with drunken satanic clowns.
2. 6:35 ****happy bobby little French café accordion. Hard to be in a bad mood around this – at least until the large metal chords and hyperactivity set in. Goes all ape-shit. Then there’s horns and hardarts. Howling ghosts lead into next track.
3. 1:31 **howling ghosts, scary bass noises. Lemurs made out of rusty iron.
4. 6:07 ****heavy metal polka, theramin samba… shredding electric guitar and tubas. Cows on pogo sticks. Then it’s all Math Rock!
5. 5:16 ***fractured bits of all different kinds of stuff, most of it fairly dischordant. Settles into a halfbreed polka/tango. Gets rather romantic and tender for a moment, but I DON’T TRUST IT. There, see? Told you so. Ha.
6. 1:40 ***theramin waltz. Deeply damaged. Hear the tiny creatures crying out for help. Just don’t help them. Trust me.
Track Listing
| 1. | The Of Of Of | 4. | St Vitus' Dance | |||
| 2. | Even If You're Missing Fingers You Can Make A Fist | 5. | Villain (Stage Left) | |||
| 3. | The Symptom | 6. | The Last Song |