| Surplus 1980 / Relapse In Response |
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| Album: | Relapse In Response | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Surplus 1980 | Added: | Jan 2012 | |
| Label: | Dephine Knormal Music | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2012-01-22 | Pull Date: | 2012-03-25 |
| Week Ending: | Feb 26 | Feb 12 | Feb 5 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Feb 19, 2012: | Memory Select Relapse In Response | 3. | Feb 04, 2012: | Buford J. Sharkley's Themeless Escapades The Mechanics Of Mathematical Courtings | |
| 2. | Feb 08, 2012: | Brownian Motion The Gooseneck | 4. | Feb 01, 2012: | Brownian Motion Trying To Suceed, Waiting With Little To No Results |
| Album Review |
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| Wedge Reviewed 2012-02-14 | ||
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Guitar rock from local hero Moe! Staiano. It's descended from no wave and punk but is overall upbeat and even joking. Complex, high-precision playing with densely packed sounds (LOTS of madcap drums) and high-precision playing. Frequent horns or strings added, in choppy, faux-jazzy modes. Lyrics tend to be barked out and follow themes of self-deprication. This band is the follow-up to Mute Socialite, a terrific post-punk instrumental band that Moe led circa 2008. They're in the KZSU library as well. This stuff rocks. Wire Magazine actually made a crack about the album having no breathing room, no slow song to break the mood. If that sounds good to you, then by all means give this a listen! 1- Eerie intro to (2). Cool but not meant to stand on its own. 2- Bouncy/thumpy 3- Fast, pecking morse-code horns; rubbery bass. Rocking instrumental. 4- Insistent buzzing riffage, insane drums. 5- Aggressive mid/fast, slashing guitars. Diagram Brothers cover. 6- Busy gutiar/drums, chanted lyrics, environmental lyrics. 7- Blurry punk with trumpet. Snare drum gives it a relentless feel. 8- Gets bouncy and intense; cool guitar effects from Ava Mendoza 9- Crazed instrumental, lots of fast interlocking parts, an insane clockworks 10- Insistent, buzzy, thumping. Amy X. Neuburg song made raw & digging 11- Horn drones: Remix of (3) by Thomas DiMuzio (who was on our Day of Noise recently). | ||
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