Friday 3 August 2007

KLANG 'NO SOUND IS HEARD'


I'm posting this because.....it's fantastic.

"No Sound is Heard features Matthews working in the same spectral bareness first evident in Elastica’s 4-track demos – such as “Blue” and “Car Wash” – that appeared on the back of the band’s early singles and eschewed the punched-up, sped-out spazzery of their respective A-sides. Rather than fizzy zips and power-chord chops, Matthews carefully picks mellifluent electricity while drummer Keisuke Hiratsuka and bassist Isabel Waidmer lock on throb.

Though their name may allude to Kraftwerk’s electro bunker, Klang’s effortlessly shuck Krautrock’s space jams of all cosmic registers down to crisp, mantric outlines. Another point of reference may be PJ Harvey’s stark death blues, though Matthews wastes no time chewing the scenery for furious theatrics. Taut, but not tense, No Sound is Heard’s breezy 27 minutes is a mellow drift in minimal space." Dusted Magazine

1.No Sound Is Heard
2.Waiting
3.As It Is
4.As These Things Happen
5.Help Is On Its Way
6.We Step Softly
7.Teach Me
8.Good And Evil
9.In Division

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