Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Sick Haze: The Music of Gary War

Posted by Dave Segal on Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 11:16 AM

Speaking of chillwave, as Eric was here, an artist in this vein came to my attention via Nick Richardson's review of Horribles Parade in The Wire, and he strikes me as one of the best in the style: Gary War. His sound's clearly (or murkily, to be more accurate) rising out of an Ariel Pink-ish bedroom-studio haze, but War's songs go further and freakier off into the psychedelic sunset, as if he's rolling with Black Dice instead of Pink's muse, R. Stevie Moore. Structure and chaos lackadaisically tussle in War's music, resulting in beautifully contorted and distorted tunes that continually surprise and stimulate. Amorphous androgynous genius.

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just bought this! glad to see a piece about him.
Posted by shani on November 3, 2009 at 11:36 AM

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