Theseus Vs. The Ship Of Fools
Reviews
Red West
Reviewed 2011-04-12
Reviewed 2011-04-12
Residents-like: gentle yet off-kilter and disturbed/disturbing, with some short digestive-sound tracks in between the main bits. Droney, minimalist, yet organic. Half instrumentals, half otherworld songs (plus that sprinkling of disposable short experiments). Like stumbling into a pagan coven- the witches are friendly, mostly...
1.sped up voice cracks, sounds like balloons farting and chatting
+2.Gamelan-like with voice-like accompaniment, pseudo-chanting. Measured, ritualistic
3.Voice crack
+4. bells, gentle, warbling, crooning trumpet. Halfway to a lullabye
5. Quiet noise-drone, watery static, loud crescendo near end
+6. Rhythms and crackles, hushed F vocal, frightful
7. silence, dead air
+8.Like shortwave- rhythmic morse-code like beeps over static. Meditative minimalism
+9.Creepy folk-like song, repetitive chime, toy piano, trumpet, with a world-weary F voc
10. Warped vocal talking about tax code, then strident multi-tracked vocals w/high-pitched tone
+11. Dirge organ & drums, ritualistic chant
+12. Like a middle eastern prayer
1.sped up voice cracks, sounds like balloons farting and chatting
+2.Gamelan-like with voice-like accompaniment, pseudo-chanting. Measured, ritualistic
3.Voice crack
+4. bells, gentle, warbling, crooning trumpet. Halfway to a lullabye
5. Quiet noise-drone, watery static, loud crescendo near end
+6. Rhythms and crackles, hushed F vocal, frightful
7. silence, dead air
+8.Like shortwave- rhythmic morse-code like beeps over static. Meditative minimalism
+9.Creepy folk-like song, repetitive chime, toy piano, trumpet, with a world-weary F voc
10. Warped vocal talking about tax code, then strident multi-tracked vocals w/high-pitched tone
+11. Dirge organ & drums, ritualistic chant
+12. Like a middle eastern prayer
Recent airplay
Drill Seargent, Drunken Revolt
et. al. — Jan 03, 2012
Hide It In The Lie
Brownian Motion — Jun 08, 2011
Your Medicine
Brownian Motion — May 25, 2011
The Undersides
Music Casserole — May 21, 2011
A Charmed Life
gilt — May 06, 2011
Leisure Sport Overlords
Orangeasm Sub — May 05, 2011
Charting
2011-04-17 — 2011-06-19
Classical/Experimental
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Jun 12 | 1 |
| May 29 | 1 |
| May 22 | 1 |
| May 8 | 3 |
| May 1 | 2 |
| Apr 24 | 1 |
Track listing
| 1. | How Many Ships In This Fool? | ||
| 2. | Drill Seargent, Drunken Revolt | ||
| 3. | One Short Grunt | ||
| 4. | Leisure Sport Overlords | ||
| 5. | Cape Matapan | ||
| 6. | The Undersides | ||
| 7. | Lewd Intermission | ||
| 8. | Hide It In The Lie | ||
| 9. | Your Medicine | ||
| 10. | History Of The Automotive | ||
| 11. | A Charmed Life | ||
| 12. | Goodnight Irene |