| Blink. / Epidemic Of Ideas, The |
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| Album: | Epidemic Of Ideas, The | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Blink. | Added: | Aug 2008 | |
| Label: | Thirsty Ear Recordings | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2008-10-19 | Pull Date: | 2008-12-21 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Dec 21 | Dec 14 | Dec 7 | Nov 30 | Nov 23 | Nov 16 | Nov 2 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Dec 19, 2008: | Memory Select (early edition) Misadventures | 4. | Nov 28, 2008: | No Cover, No Minimum Underground Games | |
| 2. | Dec 12, 2008: | Memory Select Displacement | 5. | Nov 21, 2008: | Memory Select Displacement | |
| 3. | Dec 03, 2008: | Orangeasm Sources | 6. | Nov 14, 2008: | Memory Select Glass |
| Album Review |
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| Fo Reviewed 2008-10-09 | ||
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blink.: The Epidemic of Ideas Thirsty Ear, 2008 Postmodern jazz quartet with lots of rock elements, electronic touches and occasional oddball instrumentation. The pieces are varied and unusual, with a careful balance of composition and improv. But they also seem a bit sterile, content to rest as curiosities rather than reaching out to engage the listener. Good, but it’s missing a certain spark. Fo’s Picks: 5, 7, 9, 11, 12 2. 2:29 – bashing drums, 4-note bassline, sax sketches melody, guitar squeals 3. 9:15 – midtempo stroll with stops, tight sax/guitar dialogue, clomping end 4. 1:47 – atmospheric interlude: odd bass sounds, small noises, moody sax 5. 4:06 – scattered pieces, picks up a sort of lazy/funky air 6. 1:29 – very cool monotone rhythm; they could have done more with this! 7. 9:34 – clockwork rhythm drifts gradually into searing paranoia, drifts away 8. 4:30 – slow and mysterious, lumbering rhythm and piercing sax 9. 3:03 – midtempo, moves in parallel lines, then quickly spinning 10. 1:25 – languid interlude, soft and rounded 11. 8:03 – straightforward groove changes to quirky percolating improv 12. 6:33 – simple, chord-based ballad, almost a lullaby; nice sax, weird guitar [ Fo ] 9-Oct-08 | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | The Sum | 7. | Glass | |||
| 2. | Secret Weapon, Part 1 | 8. | I Am | |||
| 3. | Rivers And Tides | 9. | Underground Games | |||
| 4. | Sources | 10. | Three Illustrations | |||
| 5. | Displacement | 11. | Misadventures | |||
| 6. | Secret Weapon, Part 2 | 12. | We Disappear |