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#5 album of 2012 – Eating Chicken by Decomposure
Artist: Decomposure
Album: Eating Chicken
On average, Decomposure’s Eating Chicken will probably appeal most to fans of at least one of
* Ben Folds’s solo career
* The Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds / Smile era
* Abstract, avant-hip-hop, such as is purveyed by Doseone, El-P, or Aesop Rock.
I say “on average” and “probably” because Caleb Mueller (who is Decomposure, when he’s not earning a living as a graphic designer) is not the same person as Folds, Brian Wilson, Doseone, etc. As […]
#7 album of 2012 – Skelethon by Aesop Rock
Artist: Aesop Rock
Album: Skelethon
I’ll mostly discuss Aesop Rock’s Skelethon as a vehicle for Ian Bavitz’s writing. At his best, as a lyricist, he’s operating on a level no one else is attempting, and I would want to have heard this album even in a musical form (bluegrass? reggae?) I find off-putting. But instrumentally, here’s who it reminds me of: Wire (once they got into electronics). Nine Inch Nails. Massive Attack / Tricky. This is dark, synthetic […]
#9 album of 2012 – In Somniphobia by Sigh
Artist: Sigh
Album: In Somniphobia
It may be me showing my age, but I choose never to hang my reviews on your assumed knowledge of today’s fragmented genres. For one thing, the huge, goofy grins I get playing Sigh’s In Somniphobia have nothing to do with, e.g., All Music Guide’s claim that Sigh began in 1993 as a founder of Japanese black metal with thrash leanings, then evolved towards extreme metal with avant-garde leanings. But even if that description […]