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Hot Chip,
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Maximum Balloon
Why do we like this?
Are you someone who needs several listens to an album before knowing whether or not it's a keeper? And not just because you're drinking whiskey at 1am while texting your significant other and watching Tech News Today with the volume way down? This is what they'd call a hypothetical situation. I digress.
Ventriloquizzing is the fourth studio album from the electronic trio Fujiya & Miyagi (note: they are not a duo, nor are they Japanese).
The first time I spun it, I didn't understand the album at all (effects of aforementioned whiskey aside). It didn't sound like the same Fujya & Miyagi who brought us the sly and snappy beats on tracks like "Collarbone," or the rhythmic and somewhat quizzical lyrics about ice cream on "Knickerbocker Glory."
On the second listen, I began to realize that, yes, the album is different, but in a good way. It's much more layered in production and lyrically darker than to be expected. It's clearly still F&M, but transmitting directly from a deeper and darker universe.
On Ventriloquizzing, expect more clever word play ("Taiwanese Boots," "Minestrone"). You'll also hear a unique marriage of the elegant with the just as equally disturbing. The track "OK" features a warm, beautiful keyboard melody with the chorus repeating "Let me whisper in your ear, tell you it will be okay." The song "Pills" and "Sixteen Shades of Black & Blue" feature dark subjects while keeping the tone steadfastly upright.
On the fifth listen, I felt privy to someone else's personal exploration. It was almost like I was listening to something I shouldn't be -- the feeling I'd imagine (again, hypothetically) if I happened to stumble across someone else's private (or...Live?) journal.
Anyway, expect an album that's darker, deeper, and more advanced than anything Fujiya & Miyagi has ever written. It's a body of work that leaves you wondering what, exactly, came from the shattering side, the aftermath, and the wonderful wreckage that inspired it.
Ventriloquizzing is the fourth studio album from the electronic trio Fujiya & Miyagi (note: they are not a duo, nor are they Japanese).
The first time I spun it, I didn't understand the album at all (effects of aforementioned whiskey aside). It didn't sound like the same Fujya & Miyagi who brought us the sly and snappy beats on tracks like "Collarbone," or the rhythmic and somewhat quizzical lyrics about ice cream on "Knickerbocker Glory."
On the second listen, I began to realize that, yes, the album is different, but in a good way. It's much more layered in production and lyrically darker than to be expected. It's clearly still F&M, but transmitting directly from a deeper and darker universe.
On Ventriloquizzing, expect more clever word play ("Taiwanese Boots," "Minestrone"). You'll also hear a unique marriage of the elegant with the just as equally disturbing. The track "OK" features a warm, beautiful keyboard melody with the chorus repeating "Let me whisper in your ear, tell you it will be okay." The song "Pills" and "Sixteen Shades of Black & Blue" feature dark subjects while keeping the tone steadfastly upright.
On the fifth listen, I felt privy to someone else's personal exploration. It was almost like I was listening to something I shouldn't be -- the feeling I'd imagine (again, hypothetically) if I happened to stumble across someone else's private (or...Live?) journal.
Anyway, expect an album that's darker, deeper, and more advanced than anything Fujiya & Miyagi has ever written. It's a body of work that leaves you wondering what, exactly, came from the shattering side, the aftermath, and the wonderful wreckage that inspired it.
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