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Artist......: Tropical Fuck Storm
Album.......: Braindrops
Label.......: Joyful Noise Records
Genre.......: Psychedelic Rock
Catnr.......: JNR299
Source......: CD
Rip.date....: 2019-09-14
Str.date....: 2019-08-23
Quality.....: 865 kbps avg / 44.1kHz / 2 channels
Url.........: http://joyfulnoiserecordings.com
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1. Paradise 6:15
2. The Planet Of Straw Men 4:52
3. Who's My Eugene? 4:41
4. The Happiest Guy Around 4:28
5. Maria 62 3:56
6. Braindrops 6:41
7. Aspirin 5:15
8. Desert Sands Of Venus 4:13
9. Maria 63 7:50
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\ / ________ Runtime 48:11
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,: ôI've invented fake news as a genre of music,ö Gareth Liddiard :,
: observes with a laugh. HeÆs talking about ôMaria 63ö, the :
:' closing track on Tropical Fuck StormÆs sophomore LP Braindrops. ':
,: The song takes aim at the once-marginalized alt-right conspiracy :,
: theories that now seem to be a driving force behind the rise of :
:' fascism in global politics. ôItÆs about a Mossad agent ':
,: traveling to Buenos Aires to assassinate Maria Orsic, a Nazi :,
: witch who telepathically got the blueprints for warp drive :
:' engines from aliens,ö Liddiard shares. ':
,: :,
: ôIt may be the most stupid song ever written,ö Liddiard jokes. :
:' HeÆs wrong, ôMaria 63ö is emblematic of Tropical Fuck StormÆs ':
,: keen ability to mine the extreme edge of pop cultureÆs periphery :,
: for potent musical and conceptual spice. Braindrops overflows :
:' with compelling sounds and visions that reflect the often dark ':
,: and fractured reality of life on planet Earth as we hurtle :,
: toward environmental and social decay at a frighteningly rapid :
:' clip. ':
,: :,
: Tropical Fuck Storm were formed around 2017 in the city of :
:' Melbourne, Victoria along AustraliaÆs south-eastern coast. The ':
,: band released their debut long-player A Laughing Death in :,
: Meatspace on Joyful Noise Recordings in 2018. Each of the bandÆs :
:' four members bring considerable experience to the group. ':
,: Liddiard and Fiona Kitschin were part of the long-running and :,
: critically-acclaimed act The Drones, while Erica Dunn and Lauren :
:' Hammel have performed in a variety of well-received projects. ':
,: Perhaps itÆs that wealth of rock and roll experience that allows :,
: Tropical Fuck Storm to so expertly deconstruct and distort the :
:' genreÆs norms. ':
,: :,
: ôEverything we do, we try to do it in a weird way. The whole :
:' album is full of weird beats, and just weird shit everywhere,ö ':
,: Liddiard explains. He cites Doc at the Radar Station-era Captain :,
: Beefheart as a key sonic touchstone, and Braindrops certainly :
:' shares the CaptainÆs penchant for pounding abstract grooves. ':
,: Tropical Fuck Storm have achieved a uniquely off-kilter sound on :,
: Braindrops. Liddiard partly credits this to the groupÆs use of :
:' unconventional equipment, ôWe use lots of techno gear to make ':
,: rock and roll because rock and roll gear is boring, and all :,
: sounds like Led Zeppelin.ö :
:' ':
,: LiddiardÆs own description of Tropical Fuck StormÆs sound is :,
: nearly as interesting and evocative as the music itself. He :
:' describes the LPÆs title track as ôFela Kuti in a car crash,ö ':
,: and talks of creating a sonic atmosphere that ôsounds like :,
: chloroform smellsö for ôMaria 62ö. Liddiard can be a bit more :
:' taciturn when asked to get specific on the groupÆs lyrical ':
,: themes. ôIt's not always a good idea to be too straightforward.ö :,
: Instead Liddiard favors a ômore nebulous and mysteriousö :
:' approach. ':
,: :,
: A recurring theme on Braindrops concerns the various ways the :
:' human brain can be manipulated and controlled for exploitative ':
,: gain. The bracing ôThe Planet of Straw Menö is a study of human :,
: behavior inside the social media comments section, a place where :
:' otherwise reasonable people are seen gleefully engaging in ':
,: psychotic chest-thumping rhetoric. ôIt's about everyone having a :,
: screaming match,ö Liddiard says. ôYou see two people yelling at :
:' each other on Twitter, but they're not really yelling at each ':
,: other, they're yelling at each other's idea of the other. :,
: Meanwhile countries like Russia are taking advantage of this to :
:' push their ideologies and get ahead.ö Erica DunnÆs ôWhoÆs My ':
,: Eugene?ö contemplates a more personal example of predatory mind :,
: control. ôIt's about Eugene Landy, the doctor that drugged the :
:' shit out of Brian Wilson and emptied his bank account,ö ':
,: Liddiard explains. :,
: :
:' While Liddiard is careful not to give away too much about the ':
,: bandÆs lyrics, heÆs confident that audiences will find their own :,
: meaning. ôIf you show a gorilla Hamlet, even if he was capable :
:' of reading it, he wouldn't be capable of seeing himself in it. ':
,: But with humans that's kind of what we do. We have our heads up :,
: our own asses.ö :
:' ':
,: Listening to Braindrops is a jarring and exhilarating :,
: experience, full of pulsating grooves, black humour, dissonant :
:' experimentation, and unsettling dystopian plot-lines. ':
,: Braindrops is an unrelenting work, from an unrelenting musical :,
: ensemble. ôTropical Fuck Storm is a full on thing,ö Liddiard :
:' offers. ôEverything we do, we do it to the death.ö ':
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