| Battles / Gloss Drop |
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| Album: | Gloss Drop | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Battles | Added: | Jun 2011 | |
| Label: | Warp Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2011-07-05 | Pull Date: | 2011-09-04 |
| Week Ending: | Sep 4 | Aug 28 | Aug 14 | Aug 7 | Jul 31 | Jul 24 | Jul 17 | Jul 10 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 4 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | May 14, 2015: | A Visit From Drum Futura | 4. | Nov 22, 2013: | Fight or Flight Futura | |
| 2. | Feb 03, 2015: | Setting Fire to the Lab Ice Cream | 5. | Nov 08, 2013: | Fight or Flight Ice Cream | |
| 3. | Jan 28, 2014: | Setting Fire to the Lab Ice Cream | 6. | Oct 04, 2013: | The Fall of Math Sweetie & Shag |
| Album Review |
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| HYPRK Reviewed 2011-06-29 | ||
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Battles does it again! 12 tracks of math-rock brilliance from a legendary lineup which includes Ian Williams of Don Cabellero fame and former Helmet drummer John Stanier. A sophisticated masterpiece of layering with busy intelligent loops and superhuman precision. FCC CLEAN *1. Slow intro with scattershot keyboard and layered guitar. Slowly builds to a frantic percussive breakdown with jivey guitars. *2. A 40-second intro of jumbled grunts and a slow crescendo of keyboard launches into a midtempo post-modern rocker with catchy keyboard and plenty of pop aesthetics. Guest vox from Matias Aguayo. Definitely a stand-out. *3. Midtempo instrumental track with killer organ lines. Epic as hell. 4. Energetic, almost with a tropical feel to it. 5. An unabashed showcase of Stanier’s brilliance. A high-speed rocker with aggressive lines. *6. Frantic rocker peppered w/ cheery keyboard despite its somewhat darker feel. *7. Handclaps, syncopated percussion, sunny keyboard, killer electronic effects. *8. Classic Battles math-rock with distorted plucky guitar, rattling keyboard, and sticky sweet female vox courtesy of Kazu Makino. 9. Slow, minimalist keyboard. Heavy reverb. 10. Harsh, noisy intro leads into a gnarly collage of clattering percussion and echoed keyboard sounds. 11. White-hot guitar, thundering drums and perfect layers of keyboards. *12. Sparse… atmospheric…almost lighthearted. Echoed, distorted vocals. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Africastle | 7. | Dominican Fade | |||
| 2. | Ice Cream | 8. | Sweetie & Shag | |||
| 3. | Futura | 9. | Toddler | |||
| 4. | Inchworm | 10. | Rolls Bayce | |||
| 5. | Wall Street | 11. | White Electric | |||
| 6. | My Machines | 12. | Sundome |