Mute Era - Light Dreams Of Darkness
ARTIST.....: Mute Era
TITLE......: Light Dreams Of Darkness
LABEL......: Self-Released
URL........: http://www.myspace.com/muteera
RIP DATE...: May-28-2008
STORE DATE.: Mar-00-2008
GENRE......: Indie
QUALITY....: VBR / 44.1Hz / Joint-Stereo
SIZE.......: 22,8 MB
Track Listing:
01 - Only Voice 06:16
02 - Red Ocean 04:34
03 - Secretly Wished I Could... 02:28
04 - Quarter Moon 03:19
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16:37 min
Release Notes:
After four years spent making rounds, Minneapolis two-piece Mute
Era at last have a release to decorate their inestimable rep. Two
new companion EPs, Light Dreams of Darkness and Night Dreams of
Day, function like Rorschach folds in which you can find your
meanings wherever you please. Though the albums sometimes lack the
thematic arc that companion releases can demand, they never tread
water and the tracks are spare, infectious art-rock dazzlers that
scatter across the discs like viral spores.
Light Dreams of Darkness is the more sensible sibling. "Only
Voice," its moody opener, is built like a Zen temple of looped
"oohs" that are part tribal chant and part house-party whoop.
Jessica Driscoll's drumming, as focusing as a metronome stroke,
imparts upon Sho Nikaido's multistory guitar harmony the same
anchoring pound that gave bygone art-house punks like ESG their
charm. Alike in spirit, "Secretly Wished I Could..." further
showcases Nikaido's skill at the pedal bay, and "Quarter Moon"
revels as an over-amped, adrenal rocker in which one can feel
Driscoll's drum monitors redlining. (www.citypages.com)