Load Blown

General | Oct 2007

Reviews

Your Imaginary Friend
Reviewed 2007-10-30
Experimental noise, yet accessible because it combines a plethora of “real” music: proto-industrial, exotica, punk, prog, voice and vocal samples. Interesting compositions never lack rhythm, if even generated by looping distortions or bouncing synth tones, which make them far more “musical” and listenable to the average radio surfer than most noise. Great stuff from this band out of Providence, R.I. See also solo project by member Eric Copeland.

1) loopy layers, electro tones, voices, urgent rhythmic
2) fuzzy rhythmic, searing tones enter later
3) simple rhythm, vaguely shuffling rhumba
4) looped noise, almost difficult, moves into a collage of sorts
5) noisey, halting and schitzophrenic with a comical near exotica lounge flare
6) twisted tribal world tone to this one
7) fun and almost silly electro synth
8) brief, spacey melodies layer onto themselves
9) very sick layers, voice manipulation, dense, shifts serious gears with about 2 minutes left, into almost chill electro
10) a voice and synth driven rhythm builds, like Kraftwerk on acid, very quiet last 30 secs

Recent airplay

Kokomo
Breakaway BluffJan 24, 2016
Manoman
Kokomo
Undrinkably Bad OdditiesAug 28, 2008
Bananas
Lost and FoundJun 14, 2008
Manoman
nag champa orangeasmMar 12, 2008
Scavenger

Charting

2007-11-04 — 2008-01-06 Classical/Experimental
Week EndingAirplays
Dec 30 1
Dec 9 2
Nov 18 4
Nov 11 2

Track listing

1. Kokomo
2. Rollup
3. Gore
4. Bottom Feeder
5. Scavenger
6. Drool
7. Tokatoka
8. Cowboy Soundcheck
9. Bananas
10. Manoman