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June 20, 2006
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This song should be accompanied by a small gallery installation: a room that you can peek into and see larger and larger slivers of only the floorscape (six inches: an array of old newspapers; twelve inches: a crumpled raincoat; eighteen inches: a bag and some books), or something that's (equally) innocuously voyeuristic. Virginie Krupa sings her lyrics like she's listing secrets, not so much singing within the song as she is narrating it, bouncing back and forth against the little parapets built by the guitar (the work of Alex Brovelli, the other main member) and drums. Listen, at 3:26, when the percussion (in a burst of emotion) finally overwhelms the rest of the song (it's nice).
'Stood the Test of Time' starts out sounding oddly fragile, but as the song progresses, it's pretty obvious that OMR have got the whole dark/tense/brooding thing down pat (the 'fasten seatbelts' chime that rings intermittently throughout the song anchors some of the more downcast guitar sections)- their new album, "Superheroes Crash", reminds me in some ways of Portishead's "Dummy", or (even moreso) of Blonde Redhead's "Misery Is A Butterfly", it's got some luscious production, courtesy of Mario Thaler (Notwist, Lali Puna, Ms. John Soda), and bounces around a lot texturally (which I love). You can buy the album here (soon), and listen to a few more tracks over on their myspace page.
Posted by Kevin at June 20, 2006 01:32 PM