3 Sept 2009

Cinematic Sounds + Memory Tapes

Cinematic seems a curious word to use when talking of music. I can see the thrust behind its usage, an attempt to grasp the inherent epic scope of particular tracks, or the ability of some music to conjure a shared vision in the listeners mind.

To use such a visually-loaded word for sound tends to ruffles my feathers. But that is the only way I can portray the opening minutes of today’s track before it melts away to reveal undulating smacky space-disco.

Yet another surprising turn from the critical boomerangs, The Horrors.