"Street Horrrsing" is the best new thing I've heard since No Age's "Weirdo Rippers" and for the most part I totally love it.
When I first started posting on DiS there was quite a buzz going on the boards for Fuck Buttons and I thought "How good could a band called Fuck Buttons be?'. I was definitely interested but thought I'd just wait for the cd to fall into my hands at the record store. But then, after I read a blurb about Fuck Buttons' upcoming Pitchfork tour date in Chicago I decided I better find out more so I called up Mandy at the local shop and said " Ah, gee, could you order in something called (ahem) Fuck Buttons"? Just got it yesterday and I'm really quite smitten with it. I love the total DiYness of Fuck Buttons, love the cover art and love 4 out of the 6 tracks on the cd. I have compartmentalized my listening experience of "Street Horrrsing" into 3 sections:
Section 1 and 3- I love and section 2 is a small eternity with Fuck Buttons.
Section 1 opens with the instant classic "Sweet Love For Plantet Earth" which begins with ultra tinkling magic keyboard riffs reminiscent of Saint-Saens "The Aquarium" and builds with washes of fuzz and delay soaked keyboard pulses and lovely chord progressions all deliciously juxtaposed by some guy shrieking into a toilet paper tube. "Sweet Love For Planet Earth" segues beautifully into the Japanese tribal drum driven "Ribs Out" which ultimately reminds me of Pink Floyd's "Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gatherd Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict" from Umma Gummas studio album.
Section 2 is not without merit though; It is the part that helped endear Fuck Buttons to me by reminding me of Tangerine Dream's soundtrack for the film "Sorcerer" and Pink Floyd's "Meddle" but I'm 53 and I can only stand so much of a guy shrieking into a toilet paper tube. But that aside Section 2 is a guite beautiful trial which eventually flows into the almost jubilant final section.
Section 3 I kind of imagine as the house music for the coolest church in the world. "Bright Tomorrow" (which is the new Neu track that never came) being the bit where the parish is filing in to the chapel and "Colours Move" as the sermon proper.
Ultimately, "Street Horrrsing" segues nicely through all six tracks making the overall listening of it a worthwhile journey.
I can't say enough good things about Fuck Buttons and my excitement for what I hope is yet to come from these people- stunning BRITISH experimental this!
First Fuck Buttons Impressions
"Street Horrrsing" is the best new thing I've heard since No Age's "Weirdo Rippers" and for the most part I totally love it.
When I first started posting on DiS there was quite a buzz going on the boards for Fuck Buttons and I thought "How good could a band called Fuck Buttons be?'. I was definitely interested but thought I'd just wait for the cd to fall into my hands at the record store. But then, after I read a blurb about Fuck Buttons' upcoming Pitchfork tour date in Chicago I decided I better find out more so I called up Mandy at the local shop and said " Ah, gee, could you order in something called (ahem) Fuck Buttons"? Just got it yesterday and I'm really quite smitten with it. I love the total DiYness of Fuck Buttons, love the cover art and love 4 out of the 6 tracks on the cd. I have compartmentalized my listening experience of "Street Horrrsing" into 3 sections:
Section 1: Tracks 1,2
Section 2: Tracks 3,4
Section 3: Tracks 5,6
Section 1 and 3- I love and section 2 is a small eternity with Fuck Buttons.
Section 1 opens with the instant classic "Sweet Love For Plantet Earth" which begins with ultra tinkling magic keyboard riffs reminiscent of Saint-Saens "The Aquarium" and builds with washes of fuzz and delay soaked keyboard pulses and lovely chord progressions all deliciously juxtaposed by some guy shrieking into a toilet paper tube. "Sweet Love For Planet Earth" segues beautifully into the Japanese tribal drum driven "Ribs Out" which ultimately reminds me of Pink Floyd's "Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gatherd Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict" from Umma Gummas studio album.
Section 2 is not without merit though; It is the part that helped endear Fuck Buttons to me by reminding me of Tangerine Dream's soundtrack for the film "Sorcerer" and Pink Floyd's "Meddle" but I'm 53 and I can only stand so much of a guy shrieking into a toilet paper tube. But that aside Section 2 is a guite beautiful trial which eventually flows into the almost jubilant final section.
Section 3 I kind of imagine as the house music for the coolest church in the world. "Bright Tomorrow" (which is the new Neu track that never came) being the bit where the parish is filing in to the chapel and "Colours Move" as the sermon proper.
Ultimately, "Street Horrrsing" segues nicely through all six tracks making the overall listening of it a worthwhile journey.
I can't say enough good things about Fuck Buttons and my excitement for what I hope is yet to come from these people- stunning BRITISH experimental this!