Joyzine<\/a>, and I see no upside in trying to come up with a more spot-on description than that (kudos, Paul).<\/p>\nOpener and lead single \u201cAviatrix\u201d has a very XTC feel to the production, clean, precise and melodic with skittery drums and finely picked guitars\u2026 and then it takes on the rhythm and cadence of Paul Simon\u2019s \u201cGraceland,\u201d with a sort of African roll to the melody and the percussion\u2026 and then Olive comes in singing\/chanting a lyric that chooses assonance and alliteration over meaning again and again. \u201cBuild butter bridge for the aviatrix \/ Filled up the fridge with those flying food bricks\u201d goes the opening couplet; it\u2019s Jon Anderson-level sound painting, with an extra hit of psychedelics on board. The combination of these elements is both fascinating and entrancing.<\/p>\n
\u201cRacecar\u201d uses found sounds and loops to develop a deep groove. Like much of this EP, it\u2019s densely textured and a little hard to get inside of emotionally, but it\u2019s stylish and fun; it has real snap and is a bit saucy (\u201cYou\u2019re gonna need to get yourself a racecar, baby\u201d).<\/p>\n
\u201cGreen Green Grasshopper\u201d is another weird, arty poem set to rhythmically interesting, intricately layered music, with Partridge and Olive trading lead vocals, that finishes up with a plane flying over because\u2026? Just because. (Maybe it\u2019s the aviatrix?)<\/p>\n
Closer \u201cLook At Those Stars\u201d opens with vintage sounds and keyboard tones and a wordless vocal. As it develops it has a kind of a retro-slash-modern pop feel, and a solid hook. The lyric, which moves between languorous verses and bright choruses, seems to address the way we use natural beauty to distract from the things that trouble us.<\/p>\n
The 3 Clubmen<\/i> at times feels like contemporary visual art transmuted into sound; it\u2019s both abstract and flashy, specific and constantly morphing, and delights in not just breaking but ignoring the so-called rules of the form. Most of all, it\u2019s unique, and proud of being so. I can\u2019t say I loved it, but it was quite intriguing. It\u2019s thoroughly modern art-pop that pairs well with whatever opens your mind to new and genuinely different experiences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":34839,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[10872],"rating":[5617],"class_list":["post-46706","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-the-3-clubmen","rating-rating-b-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/46706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/46706\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=46706"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=46706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}