Planets_音乐专辑
Planets
表演者: Planets
专辑类型: Album
介质: Audio CD
发行时间: 2008-01-10
唱片数: 1
出版者: Distile Records
条形码: 0055773721676
专辑简介
Allow me to make a sweeping generalization about my (few and probably bespectacled) readers: You have used music to speak for you when no meaningful words come to mind. Filmmakers use music to convey mood and set scenes. Away messages (mine definitely included) have become more and more cryptic due to the overuse of lyrical content. Sometimes I feel guilty for letting others speak for me, especially when I claim to be (at least to my parents) a "prose powerhouse." My increased appreciation of instrumental music has not only inspired me to look deeper into my surroundings, but it has also taught me to never miss opportunities to put my own spin on things. When artists leave out the words, I can search for their song’s meaning and, most importantly, my meaning. The two-way musical street becomes a musical freeway. So if I interpret “Free Ranger” as being about the hurt one feels after being abandoned by friends, then I can say so (just listen to the guitars smashing around in the lower register and tell me that doesn’t say, “Remember me, jerks?”). The band may even disagree with such an assessment, but it’s my God-given right as an American to believe in any falsities that I hold as truth-ities. So there.
I guess you could say my head is in a weird place right now. Which is perfect since Planets is quite odd. Consisting of only two members, Paul Slack plays bass and Thomas Crawford plays “not bass,” the band creates short, math-rock pieces that send the mind wandering. Planets utilize pedals, loops, occasional gang-shouting and a ferociousness that is not ideal for everyday listening. I would strongly warn you against putting Planets on if, on her way to your car, your friend Nancy was humming “No One” by Alicia Keys.
Author Note: There was a 45-minute break between the above paragraph and the one that follows; I was too busy sticking my nose up in the air at all popular music.
When first playing “O People,” one might expect Thomas Erak to start shrieking a totally awesome pun over the we-hate-time signatures guitar playing. Quick strums and rugged, growling bass dominate each song. Rather than TFOT, though, Planets resemble a melding of SWIMS (where Paul Slack also plays bass) and Tera Melos. Though, and this is really saying something, Planets is more freeform than both. “Vow Of Silence” calms things down with light shouting/whispering and then comes back in with impressively simple drumming by Crawford. His ability to interchange the strange for the predictable on a moment’s notice never gets any less impressive. “Exorcize!” would be the prototypical Planets song if such a thing existed. The bass leads an assault of grunge and the drums somehow keep up while still painting new portraits of sound. (Hint: close your eyes). That sentence looks like a joke coming from me, but it’s not. Amazing things happen on this record.
In some ways I feel as though I have wasted my time writing this review. No words of mine are going to adequately do Planets justice (which seems to be a recurring theme with me lately). Basically, if you have an aptitude for highly experimental, jazz-oriented, prog-math-rock (and who doesn’t????), this one is surely worth your time. If Planets become any sort of trendsetters, we are in for quite an alarming/awesome/mind-boggling year.
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美国加州Napa Valley的两件式数学摇滚，由Paul Slack(Bass)与Thomas Crawford(Drum)组成。《Planets》，他们将变幻多彩的走向与桥段拿捏得恰到好处，包括在某些微妙时刻出现的人声。开头和结尾的电子感又为专辑平添了空间感与趣味性，使得整张专辑更加突显出一种结构美。
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曲目
01. In
02. O People
03. Steps
04. Return Of A Dead Man
05. Vow Of Silence
06. Dude Life
07. Exercise!
08. And
09. To Think
10. Untitled For You
11. Free Ranger
12. Out
关键词：Planets
