Scenes From The Silent Revolution
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| Dec 2005
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Clutch Newsome
Reviewed 2006-03-20
Reviewed 2006-03-20
Rowland, Jess Scenes From The Silent Revolution Pax Recordings
Artsy-fartsy. But mostly farts. Ironic sounds, art noise/fuzz, synth beats, to the hippy (pink floyd, folk, & chanting). The tracks vary widely, so see below. Compare to My Country Of Illusion? Anti-corporate message only makes itself apparent on a couple tracks. 10 features "Let The Eagle Soar" by John Ashcroft. FCC clean.
*1 - (4:17) Alto fem vox. intermittently singing about corporations. Casio. Plodding, 70s, Pink Floydish beat.
**2 - (4:32) Instrumental. Synth rumbles and tinkles, fuzzy hints of d-n-b. Surprisingly good in a disturbing way.
3 - (4:18) Bare piano chords joined by modem glitch. 1/2way, psychedelic singing.
*4 - (5:45) Found sounds, samples. Cheesy strings. Spanish talking? A motor starting? A lame beat enters. 1/2way changes to drum beat over full orchestral sample, and Rowland chanting nonsense?, then low bass rumble and jazzier drum.
5 - (3:30) Electronic plunking. Rhodes chords. Vocal tones. Dissonant & wandering.
*6 - (1:34) Aeroplane radio transmission over rhodes cluster. Fuzz.
*7 - (3:30) Rhodes, jazz drums, and Rowland telling a story about corporations sponsoring the homeless to advertise...then the Z-trons attack. last 50 sec. instr.
*8 - (4:44) Lo-fi hippie folk guitar and singing. Then synth beat (incongruously) enters. Last 40 sec. reprise solo guitar & vox.
**9 - (4:45) Modern/Romantic tumble of piano. Sawed bass and humming in chantlike fashion. Repeated and trippy. Fuzz/noise, faint commercial.
**10 - (5:46) Sample 80's patriotic torch singing. . harsh beat. And then...."LET THE EAGLE SOAR", the great John Ashcroft rips it.
Artsy-fartsy. But mostly farts. Ironic sounds, art noise/fuzz, synth beats, to the hippy (pink floyd, folk, & chanting). The tracks vary widely, so see below. Compare to My Country Of Illusion? Anti-corporate message only makes itself apparent on a couple tracks. 10 features "Let The Eagle Soar" by John Ashcroft. FCC clean.
*1 - (4:17) Alto fem vox. intermittently singing about corporations. Casio. Plodding, 70s, Pink Floydish beat.
**2 - (4:32) Instrumental. Synth rumbles and tinkles, fuzzy hints of d-n-b. Surprisingly good in a disturbing way.
3 - (4:18) Bare piano chords joined by modem glitch. 1/2way, psychedelic singing.
*4 - (5:45) Found sounds, samples. Cheesy strings. Spanish talking? A motor starting? A lame beat enters. 1/2way changes to drum beat over full orchestral sample, and Rowland chanting nonsense?, then low bass rumble and jazzier drum.
5 - (3:30) Electronic plunking. Rhodes chords. Vocal tones. Dissonant & wandering.
*6 - (1:34) Aeroplane radio transmission over rhodes cluster. Fuzz.
*7 - (3:30) Rhodes, jazz drums, and Rowland telling a story about corporations sponsoring the homeless to advertise...then the Z-trons attack. last 50 sec. instr.
*8 - (4:44) Lo-fi hippie folk guitar and singing. Then synth beat (incongruously) enters. Last 40 sec. reprise solo guitar & vox.
**9 - (4:45) Modern/Romantic tumble of piano. Sawed bass and humming in chantlike fashion. Repeated and trippy. Fuzz/noise, faint commercial.
**10 - (5:46) Sample 80's patriotic torch singing. . harsh beat. And then...."LET THE EAGLE SOAR", the great John Ashcroft rips it.
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Charting
2006-03-26 — 2006-05-28
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Apr 23 | 1 |
| Apr 9 | 1 |
| Apr 2 | 3 |
Track listing
| 1. | Om | ||
| 2. | Bird Signs | ||
| 3. | Invisible / Anymore | ||
| 4. | I Was Only Dreaming | ||
| 5. | Self-Adhesive Office Cubes | ||
| 6. | Valis Interlude | ||
| 7. | Signs | ||
| 8. | Vendicam | ||
| 9. | Happy Flowers | ||
| 10. | Ashcroft Vs. The Space Librarians |