| Yeh, Cs / Transitions |
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| Album: | Transitions | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Yeh, Cs | Added: | Nov 2012 | |
| Label: | De Stijl Music | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2013-06-03 | Pull Date: | 2013-08-05 |
| Week Ending: | Aug 4 | Jul 21 | Jul 14 | Jul 7 | Jun 16 | Jun 9 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Aug 03, 2013: | Meow Don't Make Me Chase You | 4. | Jul 13, 2013: | Ming Er Don't Make Me Chase You | |
| 2. | Aug 01, 2013: | The Proselytizer Radio News Hour Transitions | 5. | Jul 10, 2013: | Beach Blanket Bingo Masculine Infinity | |
| 3. | Jul 18, 2013: | The Proselytizer Radio News Hour Something Forever | 6. | Jul 08, 2013: | Fight or Flight Whose Life |
| Album Review |
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| Conor Reviewed 2013-05-29 | ||
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Diverse and sometimes-catchy experimental pop (not Burning Star Core or C Spencer Yeh's improv solo stuff). Lyrics, when you can understand them, range from wry and detached to genuine to corny. Album contains a wide array of instrumentation, effects and sounds (all of which are created by Yeh, accord to the De Stijl) and I tried and failed, or didn't try at all, to identify many of them. Eighties electro-pop vibe on several of the songs. Vocals sometimes sound like flat Ian Curtis. RIYL: John Maus, dark eighties electo, Jim O'Rourke-goes-pop (the concept, not so much the sound) 1. (2:32) Simple arrangement of guitars and drums. Sounds like slower, happier joy division. Not sure if this is an FCC, but he says "fornication" pretty clearly. 2. (4:04) Repetitive synth/arpeggiator, other electronic effects, occasional strings (or something that sounds like strings), meandering synths and drums. Wry, fatalist lyrics. 3. (2:56) *Choppy, crunchy guitar riffs, dissonant droning guitar in background, layered vocals on chorus. 4. (4:21) *Intro could be the start of a Paula Abdul song. Echoey vocals over a simple bass line (nice groove) and drum machine. Cheesy synth outro. This song is better than I'm making it sound. 5. (3:18) Techno-y beat, occasional breaks where the beat continues plus a weird/cool sound. Vocals kind of boring. 6. (3:17) *Repetetive beat and wavy synths, creepy slowed-down vocals. I think that's a voice? Keyboard melody. 7. (4:02) More eighties sounds. Layered, pitch-shifted and mostly indiscernible vocals. 8. (3:24) *Pretty straightforward guitars and drums, big pop hook. Lol: "countdown to impact/to the beat of my heart." 9. (2:42) Sporadic, thumping drums and piano. Trumpet and saxophone parts too. Lyrics almost sung-spoken. Sharp contrast with previous track. 10. (3:24) Synth/arpeggiator, thumping 4/4 beat, layered vocals with lots of effects. (Intentionally?) corny lyrics. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | The New Guy | 6. | Don't Make Me Chase You | |||
| 2. | Starts With A Look | 7. | Rooms On Fire | |||
| 3. | Whose Life | 8. | Something Forever | |||
| 4. | Transitions | 9. | Laugh Track | |||
| 5. | Masculine Infinity | 10. | I Can Read Your Mind |