Музыкальный порталMUSIC FOR MODERN MINDS

Label: Polyvinyl
Catalog#: -
Country: US
Genre, Style: Indie/Dream Pop/Female Vocal
Release Date: 15 Feb 2011
Format: MP3, VBR kbps
Size: 86 mb

When describing the recording process for Asobi Seksu's fourth full-length, Fluorescence, guitarist James Hanna said, “This time, our agenda was to not have one at all; to be mellow about the entire process instead of obsessing over everything.”

Maybe mellow isn’t the right word, unless he’s comparing the band’s new album to a coiled-up cobra or unconscious crocodile—temperamental types that are one false move away from striking.

After all, “Coming Up” sets the scene by plowing into beehive-like synth lines and warp speed washes of dream-pop that leave you wondering just what the hell is going on.

Things don’t let up on “Trails,” either, as singer/keyboardist Yuki Chikudate sets her immaculate melodies against a barrage of battery-powered chords.

Catchy and chaotic to the core, the sky-scraping song pays homage to the pitch-perfect songwriting of the ‘60s by chartering a yellow submarine to the moon.

And when the Brooklyn-based quartet (rounded out by bassist Billy Pavone and drummer Larry Gorman) finally hits the ground, their color-saturated soundscapes don’t get dull or cold. They get even brighter, as Fluorescence’s many shades shift with each passing song.

That includes everything from the expansive/erratic—and yet, oh-so-poppy—prog movements of “Leave the Drummer Out There” to the weightless balladry of “Ocean,” a track that channels its title with swollen synths and beats that bob and weave through the murkiest waters around.

Tracklist:

01. Coming Up
02. Trails
03. My Baby
04. Perfectly Crystal
05. In My Head
06. Leave The Drummer Out There
07. Sighs
08. Deep Weird Sleep
09. Counterglow
10. Ocean
11. Trance Out
12. Pink Light