Thumbtack Smoothie / Homestyle
Album: Homestyle   Collection:General
Artist:Thumbtack Smoothie   Added:Jan 2004
Label:Quaketrap Recordings  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2004-06-28 Pull Date: 2004-08-30 Charts: Electronic, Classical/Experimental
Week Ending: Aug 29 Aug 15 Aug 8 Aug 1 Jul 25 Jul 18 Jul 4
Airplays: 1 1 1 1 1 1 3

Recent Airplay
1. Jan 31, 2005: Stirling's Approximation
Lil' Dropper
4. Aug 04, 2004: Stirling's Approximation
Sore Eye Soire
2. Aug 25, 2004: Stirling's Approximation
Scrunchie Misplacement Incid
5. Jul 28, 2004: Stirliina's Approximation
June Louder
3. Aug 11, 2004: Approximating Stirling's Approximation
Sore Eye Soire
6. Jul 21, 2004: Stirling's Approximation
Moondoggy

Album Review
stirling
Reviewed 2004-06-25
Mellow, yet challenging noisy electronic music. The music is not all electronic since some instruments are sampled. Thumbtack is the most experimental of the local Quaketrap crew (Yoko Solo, Shaggy Manatee, HELIUM 3). If you like the stuff that comes out on Warp Records, check this out. Recommended.

1) real drums, electronic beeps, bass, effects >> breaks down into beatless mush and comes back (5:42)
2) sounds drizzle and bounce from ear to ear. More substantial synths fill out the sound.
3) beatbased, industrial synths and noise.
4) slippery sounds. and fuzz. Mellow and slow.
5) crunchy, pounding beats w/ no steady bpm. Breaks into crystalline sounds at end.
((6)) cool rubber beat, effect ridden melody and some quiet vocals.
((7)) lagging beats, sliding synths. Generally disorienting.
((8)) keyboard melody covered by slipping and sliding. Distorted beats. Some vocals come in later
9) buzzing, crunching and crystalline synths
(((10))) slow melody augmented with soaring sounds, distorted noise, low voices.


Track Listing
1. Clyde's Edge   6. June Louder
2. Dodgeball Mentality   7. Moondoggy
3. Dolores Street   8. Sore Eye Soire
4. Never at Dusk   9. Scrunchie Misplacement Incid
5. Fragmentation Key   10. Lil' Dropper