a r t i s t : Christmas Decorations
t i t l e : Communal Rust
d a t e : 2007
l a b e l : Community Library (CL13)
g e n r e : Ambient
r l s. d a t e : Feb/2007
t r a c k s : 09
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 35,7 MB
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Christmas Decorations' second full-length Communal Rust should
please fans who have been following the lineage of processed-
guitar heroes and anti-heroes (Fennesz, Ambarchi, et al). But
where those icons are making forays into drone and noise,
Christmas Decorations are taking the other fork in the road,
back towards the melancholic, crisp strum of post-punk and
indie, and back towards an atomized, crumpled, improvised
sound design.
Communal Rust documents essential "anti-guitar guitar music."
The songs revolve around a dichotomy between guitar-pedal-and
-computer induced fragmentation, on one hand, and the
intricate, melodic guitar motifs referenced to classic post-
punk and forgotten lo-fi indie music. Pull away the layers of
glitches, snippets, trills, and echoes and you might discover
a core guitar disposition that recalls the contemplative,
steely tone of early Factory, 4AD, or New Zealand music.
That's not to say that the duo is boxed in by reference
points; moreso, these influences are exerting the most
gravitational pull on the band's temptations to commit all-
out, fractional sonic disintegration.
This tension between new and old, rough and smooth, or chaos
versus control, puts the band squarely in the ComLib
sensibility of sublimely balancing problem and accessibility
in music. Following on the band's debut release, the
criminally underappreciated Model 91 (kranky 2002), Communal
Rust marks a key point in the band's development and is a
crucial addition to any collection of experimental music.
http://www.community-library.net/catalog_CL13.htm
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01-Upstage the Drips [04:10]
02-Closer to Carpet [04:50]
03-Twig Harpoon [04:32]
04-Aphid Text [03:03]
05-Browning Out [06:03]
06-Clay Margins [03:19]
07-Mice Over Feathers [03:43]
08-Mirrored Mold [03:36]
09-The Umbrella Fell [04:33]
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