the Red Paintings - Destroy the Robots
RLS DATE: May-15-2006
STR DATE: May-05-2006
ARTiST: The Red Paintings
ALBUM: Destroy the Robots
LABEL: n/a
GENRE: Indie
SOURCE: CDDA
BiTRATE: VBR.Kbps.44.1kHz
MODE: Joint-Stereo
TRACKS: 06
LENGH: 23:52.Minutes
RELEASE iNFO
After constructing one of the best releases of 2005, the Walls EP, The Red
Paintings have returned within a year with another superb release. In
conjunction with Walls, Destroy The Robots really showcases the level of
songwriting depth within the band as a whole, but particularly lead songwriter,
Jamie Barrett.
There's a total of 6 tracks to be heard, none of which had been seen on
previous releases, such as Your Tears Are Warning Signs. From the opening
classical sounding violin segment of Destroy The Robots, to the monotonous
spoken outro of Destroy The Humans, the EP will have should captivate your
attention. Of the 5 'real' songs here, all of them would be suitable for radio
airplay, as they are relatively straightforward, and brilliantly catchy. And
for the record, Pickles seems to have been selected as the first song to hit
the airwaves, although I would rate it as the lowest of the five (I cannot
stress enough that this is not saying it's a bad song).
New drummer, Andy Davis, has slotted in very well with the band. His work is
more prominent than that heard on prior releases, not only because the drums
play a bigger part in the new material, but because they are also slightly
louder in the mix, and he comes across as more energetic in general. In fact,
the EP as a whole is slightly more energetic, with less slower tempo's all
around. The Red Paintings also have a new bassist, Amanda Holmes, on Destroy
The Robots, but there is next to no difference in playing style.
The strings, ie; Violin and Cello, yet again, work very well with each other,
adding another dimension to The Red Paintings sound. Other than that there's
not really much I can say about them though. Trash's guitar is pretty
straightforward as well, being played mostly on an electric, but an acoustic
appears at the beginning of Pickles. Destroy The Robots (song) is pretty nifty
though, and is probably the best representation of the stringed instruments
that you will hear here, adding in that slightly more experimental sound that
TRP have.
The vocal melodies on the EP are great, as per usual. Not great because they
display some kind of technical ability, or show some kind of experimentalism,
but purely because of how well they managed to work their way into the back of
your mind. It's this element of the music that allows me to say that the
majority of Destroy The Robots is worthy of radio airplay, with Futureless,
I'll Sell You Suicide and It Is As It Was being great examples of this.
TRACK TiTLE TiME
01 Destroy the Robots 03:42
02 Pickles 03:50
03 It is as it Was 05:09
04 I'll Sell You Suicide 03:08
05 Futureless 02:47
06 Destroy the Humans 05:16
TOTAL 23:52 min SiZE 32,7.Mb