Western Teleport
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| Oct 2011
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Deniz Cebenoyan
Reviewed 2011-12-24
Reviewed 2011-12-24
Emperor X/ “Western Teleport” / Bar None Records
Solid fun, dork-rock sounding music. Nerdy male vocals, well produced synthy indie rock/pop tracks. Not necessarily upbeat in mood, just often uptempo. Songs go from dealing with reflections, dreams, hardships, etc. to more serious matters as the album progresses like religion, education, war, rage. All with the same synthy rock beats and nerdy vocals. Awesome ☺
No FCCs detected. Favorites include: 1, 4, 8, 11
1. *3:33 Distorted guitar with chimey, happy-go-lucky clappy background. Synths, basic computer terms tossed around, solid toe-tappin’ fun. Last 30 sec instrumental.
2. 2:55 Synths throughout, tale of road travels and hardships. Uptempo beat ending.
3. 4:20 Acoustic guitar, midtempo beat, sounds like cloudy day bus travel musings.
4. *1:59 Fast running-esque beat, with sweet guitar picking which builds nicely. Wish it were longer!
5. 1:44 Mountain Goatsy. Lo-fi, layered acoustic guitar/vocals. Winding tape sound at end.
6. 3:42 Upbeat synth tempo, quickly strummed guitar, vocal harmonies.
7. 1:48 Slightly atonal strumming, dissonant piano/vocals, same chords repeated.
8. *3:31 Lyrics times nicely with fast paced music, criticism of religion, cute American-ness in his pronunciation of “Allahu Akbar”. Mention of bombs, religion, disasters – nothing outright offensive, but, eh, I dunno.
9. 1:57 Piano, layered vocals, slower. Pretty.
10. 3:11 Nice contrast of thrashy drums/guitars in background with nerdy vocals.
11. *2:56 Nice steady slower beat, picked guitar, well placed lyrics, nice chords in chorus. A more serious feel, strong closer.
Deniz Cebenoyan
Solid fun, dork-rock sounding music. Nerdy male vocals, well produced synthy indie rock/pop tracks. Not necessarily upbeat in mood, just often uptempo. Songs go from dealing with reflections, dreams, hardships, etc. to more serious matters as the album progresses like religion, education, war, rage. All with the same synthy rock beats and nerdy vocals. Awesome ☺
No FCCs detected. Favorites include: 1, 4, 8, 11
1. *3:33 Distorted guitar with chimey, happy-go-lucky clappy background. Synths, basic computer terms tossed around, solid toe-tappin’ fun. Last 30 sec instrumental.
2. 2:55 Synths throughout, tale of road travels and hardships. Uptempo beat ending.
3. 4:20 Acoustic guitar, midtempo beat, sounds like cloudy day bus travel musings.
4. *1:59 Fast running-esque beat, with sweet guitar picking which builds nicely. Wish it were longer!
5. 1:44 Mountain Goatsy. Lo-fi, layered acoustic guitar/vocals. Winding tape sound at end.
6. 3:42 Upbeat synth tempo, quickly strummed guitar, vocal harmonies.
7. 1:48 Slightly atonal strumming, dissonant piano/vocals, same chords repeated.
8. *3:31 Lyrics times nicely with fast paced music, criticism of religion, cute American-ness in his pronunciation of “Allahu Akbar”. Mention of bombs, religion, disasters – nothing outright offensive, but, eh, I dunno.
9. 1:57 Piano, layered vocals, slower. Pretty.
10. 3:11 Nice contrast of thrashy drums/guitars in background with nerdy vocals.
11. *2:56 Nice steady slower beat, picked guitar, well placed lyrics, nice chords in chorus. A more serious feel, strong closer.
Deniz Cebenoyan
Recent airplay
Sig Alert
deep storage — Mar 01, 2017
A Violent Translation Of The Concordia Headscarp
The Fall of Math — Feb 15, 2012
Erica Western Teleport
AudioVault — Feb 14, 2012
Defiance (For Elise Sunderhuse)
Youth Demographic — Feb 07, 2012
Canada Day
Modern Donkey - Songs about Places — Jan 25, 2012
Erica Western Teleport
End of Everything — Jan 15, 2012
Charting
2012-01-08 — 2012-03-11
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Feb 19 | 2 |
| Feb 12 | 1 |
| Jan 29 | 1 |
| Jan 22 | 1 |
| Jan 15 | 1 |
Track listing
| 1. | Erica Western Teleport | ||
| 2. | Sig Alert | ||
| 3. | Canada Day | ||
| 4. | A Violent Translation Of The Concordia Headscarp | ||
| 5. | The Magnetic Media Storage Practices Of Rural Pakistan | ||
| 6. | Defiance (For Elise Sunderhuse) | ||
| 7. | Anti-Rage | ||
| 8. | Allahu Akbar | ||
| 9. | Compressor Repair | ||
| 10. | Sincerely, H. C. Pregerson | ||
| 11. | Erica Western Geiger Counter |