Monday, March 12, 2007

!!! (Chk Chk Chk) - Myth Takes (3.5/5)


!!! (Chk Chk Chk) - Myth Takes

Listed as Electronic i would class them as more experimental when you look at the album overall really. A strange titled band and bizarre yet interesting artwork attracted me to !!! but like many bands they have sat dormant until now.

Time Span: 10 minutes drive from my friends house
Number Of Songs: 3
Songs Played: Myth Takes, Break In Case Of Anything, Yadnus

Myth Takes is a song i recognise but can't place where i've heard it before, but it's one of those laid back songs that is easy to listen to and nice to drive along to. An infectious base line and simple repetitive beat throughout this is a nice simple song. Break In Case Of Anything changes totally with a lot more whiney style notes and a different overall feel to the song. Still holding an experimental style with layers of sound and sudden changes in the songs gives !!! a sense of uniqueness that is so hard to find in recent times. Yadnus shows the band showcasing their vocal talents a lot more, and they are just as diverse and unusual as you would imagine from the beats that haunt each song.

Overall this seems a nice and varied album with all three songs being very distinctly different from each other and i am keen to listen to the rest of the album when i get chance next. This is a definite good start to finding the msuic gems that have been on my ipod all along.

Rating: 3.5/5

Playbackability:
High - the varied songs give it more chance of being played again
Listen to: Myspace
Buy from: Amazon (UK)

The Long Drive Home...

Ok so it's not usually THAT long a drive to my house from either university or my friends houses but i've realised that i haven't listened to probably half the music that currently resides on my iPod. What i propose to do is that each time i take a trip somewhere i will play an album (in a-z order) and then give a short review, some bands you may not have heard of, others will be mainstream. Feel free to comment or give suggestions.

Hope you enjoy....on with !!!