ARTIST.....: standards
TITLE......: Fruit Island
LABEL......: Topshelf Records
GENRE......: Instrumental Rock
RIP DATE...: 2020-09-10
RETAIL DATE: 2020-08-28
RUNTIME....: 36:14
SIZE.......: 84,29 MB
QUALITY....: 320Kbps 44.1kHz
ENCODER/CODEC: LAME - MP3 (MPEG-2 AUDIO LAYER 3)
URL........: https://play.google.com/store/music/album?id=B67ryuckcixz6dogpdegwlsp3fq
Track List:
01. Fruit Island 1:16
02. Nap 3:42
03. Starfish 2:26
04. Special Berry 3:08
05. May 3:04
06. Rainbow 3:34
07. Mango 3:10
08. Horchata 3:43
09. Kiwi 3:30
10. Changes 3:05
11. Val Verde 2:16
12. What You Aren't 3:20
Release Notes:
https://wearestandards.bandcamp.com/album/fruit-island
Led by the exuberant melodies of cross-tapping guitarist
Marcos Mena, the LA duo standards make meticulous
instrumental math-rock whose effervescent riffs teem
with sunny enthusiasm. On the band's debut full-length,
Fruit Island, standards deftly retool math-rock's
unforgiving, challenging tendencies into a style that is
both danceable and compositionally profound. Drummer
Forrest Rice's boisterous chops complement Mena's
unpredictable melodies, grounding the unusual
self-dueling riffs and balancing the bright compositions
with tasteful fills and immaculate syncopations.
Fruit Island's lead single, "Special Berry," blends
simplicity and complexity into a charming jaunt of
nimble fingertapping and agile between-the-lines
drumming. Mena's melodies contort and twist expertly
into Rice's bouncing energy, the springy grooves of
which are equally attention demanding and rewarding.
Despite being strictly instrumental, the bandí»s
technical and precise stylings are always catchy and
singable, inviting listeners to join the band's dancing
fruit mascots whose colorful personalities reflect the
music's upbeat nature. Fruit Island's second single,
"May," perfectly captures the duo's fruity alternate
universe, conjuring images of grinning melons and
berries bobbing along to pleasantly angular riffs and
chop-heavy drums. The guitar glitters like the sand on
Fruit Island, somehow both calculated and carefree with
its breezy and bright character.
On "Starfish,í▒ the duo find a way to meld percussive
energy with delicate resonance, creating an animated and
dynamic sonic landscape. standards again strike their
signature compositional balance with equal parts
intensity and restraint, representing Fruit Island's
essence with a constant stream of excitable, succinct
passages.