| Unkle / Where Did The Night Fall |
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| Album: | Where Did The Night Fall | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Unkle | Added: | 05/2010 | |
| Label: | Surrender All | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2010-10-03 | Pull Date: | 2010-12-05 |
| Week Ending: | 5 Dec | 21 Nov | 14 Nov | 7 Nov | 31 Oct | 24 Oct | 17 Oct | 10 Oct |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jun 15, 2016: | I Like to Dance: Shake Off Your Pants! Ablivion | 4. | Nov 30, 2010: | Nothing Rhymes with Purple On A Wire | |
| 2. | Jul 31, 2013: | Beach Blanket Bingo Joy Factory | 5. | Nov 14, 2010: | the seductardation Follow Me Down | |
| 3. | May 20, 2011: | Garrulous Greg Talks about E On A Wire | 6. | Nov 09, 2010: | Gamma Radiation On A Wire |
| Album Review |
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| tony echo* Reviewed 2010-09-22 | ||
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UNKLE - Where Did The Night Fall First reaction: UNKLE is still around?!?!?! This is a solid effort, and you’ll like it if you’ve embraced the reality that there will never be another Psyence Fiction. Predictably, the CD features a bunch of guest stars, although these are more of the pscyh- and indie-rock variety vs. the electronic collaborators in previous albums. Lots of songs about heartbreak which are alternately forlorn, dreamy, or ever-so-slightly raging. NO FCCs detected. Try 2, 6, 3, 4, 9, 12 **=loved, *=liked 1. 0:41 Nice intro, rising synth chimes with Southern-hemisphere-esque synth horns. Good for a short voice-over for rpm-oriented shows. 2.** 4:23 Features SF psychedelic band Sleepy Sun. Fem vox are always assertive and compelling, sometimes screaming and wailing, like a (relatively) happier PJ Harvey or Kim Deal (Pixies/Breeders). Danceable, driving mid-tempo drum machine beat that MGMT wishes they could steal. 3.* 4:11 low-fi instrumentation and distorted male vox make for a retro-garage rock jam a la The Strokes (and similar) but MUCH less kitschy. You close your eyes and you are in a sweaty DIY space in West Oakland, dancing amid ironic t-shirts and PBR tallboys. Then, halfway through, they decide they want to noodle out a bit more, and the guitar gets a bit more jangly/surfy/New Wave-esque, which is also fun but kills the mood a bit. (features The Black Angels) 4.* 3:59 somewhat dreamy, lighter in mood than #2, beats are funky while a bit sedate. Dreamy synth sounds, ethereal fem vox with male background on chorus. By this point I imagine this is a staple on KCRW’s “eclectic” shows. (features Autolux) 5. 4:41 down-tempo, somewhat orchestral indie rocker a la The Flaming Lips. Male vox are stripped-down in the verses while the chorus sounds like a male, um, chorus. Real drums play a marching beat. (features Big in Japan) 6.** 4:53 opens with a Cure-esque riff that persists through the song. Quite pleasing. Lightly distorted fem vox with up/mid dance beat. 7. 5:49 down-tempo indie rocker with live drums, scattered tribal percussion, male vox. Somewhat boring. 8. 1:13 dreamy, synth keys, heavily distorted male vox, no percussion 9.* 5:08 psychedelic fem vox, synth keys, live-sounding drums, “spiritual”. More of a head-nodder than a dancer. Beats somewhat like New Order, etc. 10. 4:30 mid-tempo. dark synth keys, funky drum loops, generic distorted male vox. A middling, poor man’s Underworld song. 11. 3:46 mid-tempo tribal rhythm, synth keys, somewhat dark. Sounds like some of the earlier DJ Shadow stuff. 12.* 4:21 mid-tempo, distorted male vox, relatively upbeat mood compared to rest of CD. Dramatic chords and funky keys here and there. 13. 4:27 slow-to-mid, epic, dark yet uplifting (is that possible?). emotional male vox recall Stone Temple Pilots. live percussion - drums, vivid tambourine 14. 5:12 slow with minimal percussion. stripped-down sound with acoustic-esque guitar, epic strings, piano, asstd keys. gritty male vox are overwhelmed in parts by the strings. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Nowhere | 8. | Heavy Drug | |||
| 2. | Follow Me Down | 9. | Caged Bird | |||
| 3. | Natural Selection | 10. | Ablivion | |||
| 4. | Joy Factory | 11. | The Runaway | |||
| 5. | The Answer | 12. | Ever Rest | |||
| 6. | On A Wire | 13. | The Healing | |||
| 7. | Falling Stars | 14. | Another Night Out |