| Herndon, Holly / Platform |
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| Album: | Platform | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Herndon, Holly | Added: | Aug 2015 | |
| Label: | 4AD | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2015-08-17 | Pull Date: | 2015-10-19 | Charts: | Classical/Experimental |
| Week Ending: | Oct 11 | Oct 4 | Sep 27 | Sep 20 | Sep 13 | Sep 6 | Aug 30 | Aug 23 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Aug 14, 2021: | Music Casserole (rebroadcast from Sep 26, 2015) Unequal | 4. | Apr 18, 2017: | All Passion No Technique Chorus | |
| 2. | Jul 28, 2018: | Narnia Interference | 5. | Jul 14, 2016: | The Off-Beat Generation Chorus | |
| 3. | Jul 01, 2017: | night tapes 9 Chorus | 6. | Mar 01, 2016: | The Offbeat Generation Dao |
| Album Review |
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| Mr. Tumnus Reviewed 2015-08-15 | ||
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Experimental electronic. Glitchpop. Extremely fragmented, to an extent which I expect even fans of this sort of music will find disorienting. The human voice, heavily layered and then stacked on top of itself. Moments of catchiness dissolve into a thousand little shards, and then reassemble into catchiness again. This is the sort of self-consciously intellectual postmodern music which I can’t say I really like, but I expect some people on the staff will appreciate it. I guess the idea is that we live in a fragmented world filled with distractions where it’s difficult for one lonely voice to stand out? Fair enough. I still found it kind of ugly listening. Try 1, and if you like it, then you can explore the rest of the album. 1) “Interference” (4:43): Kind of an exhilarating chaos. Very high-pitched distorted voices. 2) “Chorus” (5:43): Very fragmented beginning coalesces into something pretty cool after about a minute. Quieter but less structured. 3) “Unequal” (5:09): I think this is a hymn? Opens with relatively undistorted human voice which she gradually begins to play with. Unsettling. 4) “Morning Sun” (5:20): Actually more of a melody here, with a recognizable chorus of voices. 5) “Locker Leak” (4:14): Tongue twisters are kind of the basis of this one. Voice speaks some recognizable phrases. “Glass lasts longest.” 6) “An Exit” (4:52): Little catchier and smoother. Although still smooth only by the standards of the album. It’s still really glitchy. 7) “Lonely at the Top” (4:30): Creepy female voice at the beginning. “Clients like you are a top priority.” Sounds like an excerpt from a therapist/massage session, with clicking sounds in the background. Rinsing sounds. Sexual but still FCC appropriate I guess. 8) “DAO” (4:13): Lots more clicking. Normal by the standards of this album. Operatic voice. 9) “Home” (5:50): I think maybe a little more pensive? Still not a very comforting or relaxing vision of home. 10) “New Ways to Love” (4:40): Bigger more emphatic pulses in the background. I guess the sound is just generally more stripped down and washed out, which makes sense on a last track. --Mr. Tumnus | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Interference | 6. | An Exit | |||
| 2. | Chorus | 7. | Lonely At The Top | |||
| 3. | Unequal | 8. | Dao | |||
| 4. | Morning Sun | 9. | Home | |||
| 5. | Locker Leak | 10. | New Ways To Love |