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Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Band / Album / Media Thoughts on Color of Sky, or: More Food Metaphors and Kvetching About Seattle's Electronic Rep
Posted by Jason Baxter on Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 4:13 PM
Anyway, local electronic duo Tumble Dry just pointed me in the direction of their new name-your-price Bandcamp EP Color of Sky, and, if nothing else, its further evidence that our fair city—which, after all, is home to the fucking Decibel Festival—is not wanting for solid knob-twiddling acts.
Color of Sky is a buoyant, boisterous assortment of groovy jams, notable mostly for the sassiness of its generously LFOed high-end synth melodies and the melodramatic indulgence of its vocals (dig the harmonies on opener “Wait!”). The cheesy, laid-back breakdown of “SXYMTN” is about as hard to resist as a fresh Rancho Bravo quesadilla. Here’s a taste of the lyrics:
Sexy mountain, sexy mountain / Sexy mountain, you’re a sexy mountain / I’m a river, you’re a fountain / ‘Bout to climb a sexy mountain
Damn, now that I think about it, Rainier is looking gooood today.
The beat of “3X” has a shuffling edginess worthy of clap-and-high-hat-happy youngsters Teengirl Fantasy and “Simultaneous Dream” wraps post punk moodiness in a blanket of layered synth melodies and mildly Longstreth-ian vocalisms.
If this sounds like your kind of trip, you can download Color of Sky here.
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