Inu / Monster
Album: | Monster | Collection: | General | |
Artist: | Inu | Added: | Feb 2010 | |
Label: | Self-Release |
A-File Activity
Add Date: | 2010-02-21 | Pull Date: | 2010-04-25 |
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Week Ending: | Mar 28 | Mar 21 | Mar 14 | Mar 7 | Feb 28 |
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Airplays: | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
1. | Sep 30, 2023: | Music Casserole
The Bailing |
4. | Oct 21, 2011: | Time Traveler
The Bailing |
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2. | Apr 24, 2021: | Rebroadcast: Music Casserole
The Bailing |
5. | Oct 14, 2011: | Time Traveler
The Bailing |
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3. | Jun 06, 2015: | Music Casserole
The Bailing |
6. | Sep 09, 2011: | Time Traveler
The Bailing |
Album Review
Trent Kay
Reviewed 2010-02-15
Reviewed 2010-02-15
Milky melodic emo-tinged electronic with some “experimental” (note the quotes) Radiohead-like pieces of flare. Confessional, careful 90s alt-rock male vocals a la, dare I say it, the Postal Service. At times, evocative of mellower NIN. Synthy, bassy, easy-tempo Joy Division informed instrumental backing that often segues into a big alt rock realisation... not totally unlike the Foo Fighters? Altogether desolate, despairing, dystopian sound that could score a more contemplative Matrix.
Inu is a project of Count (Mikael Eldridge), a big-name producer who’s worked with New Order, Radiohead, et al. Also: Tim Hingston on guitar, and cellist Zoe Keating on strings. Filter calls this record “basically beautiful”, and I’ll second it. The first track alone is worth your time and a half.
try: all are good, but the standout is 1.
no FCCs
***1. starts quiet & eerie. i really hope the intro lyric is “don’t panic there’ll be pain for most of us.” absolutely gorgeous. period.
*2. most uptempo track on the record. live drums and synth. postal service fuzzpop chorus! about stephen colbert.
**3. verses carried by the stripped-down hauntster guitar line and tappy, pushy drums. nice fuzzed-out electric guitar overlay through to end.
*4. sounds like seven beats per measure. or the forbidding soundtrack to a DOS game. slow, crisp, slurred (as in the notation) vocals. swirly, fuzzy synth.
*5. starts with brassy sunrise noise. slow drums in around 1:20, crank-the-bass emo sendoff one minute to end. the most uneventful, straightforward track here.
Inu is a project of Count (Mikael Eldridge), a big-name producer who’s worked with New Order, Radiohead, et al. Also: Tim Hingston on guitar, and cellist Zoe Keating on strings. Filter calls this record “basically beautiful”, and I’ll second it. The first track alone is worth your time and a half.
try: all are good, but the standout is 1.
no FCCs
***1. starts quiet & eerie. i really hope the intro lyric is “don’t panic there’ll be pain for most of us.” absolutely gorgeous. period.
*2. most uptempo track on the record. live drums and synth. postal service fuzzpop chorus! about stephen colbert.
**3. verses carried by the stripped-down hauntster guitar line and tappy, pushy drums. nice fuzzed-out electric guitar overlay through to end.
*4. sounds like seven beats per measure. or the forbidding soundtrack to a DOS game. slow, crisp, slurred (as in the notation) vocals. swirly, fuzzy synth.
*5. starts with brassy sunrise noise. slow drums in around 1:20, crank-the-bass emo sendoff one minute to end. the most uneventful, straightforward track here.
Track Listing
1. | The Bailing | 3. | Disarmed | |||
2. | Stephen Colbert | 4. | A Crowded Place | |||
5. | Captured |