Artist: Foot Village
Title: Clubtraxxx I-III
Label: Too Pure
Genre: Rock
Bitrate: 195kbit av.
Time: 00:08:34
Size: 12.62 mb
Rip Date: 2008-10-16
Str Date: 2008-00-00
1. Clubtraxxx I-III 4:25
2. Crow Call (Anavan Remix) 4:09
Release Notes:
Another release from the Too Pure Singles Club, this actually
proved to be a welcome arrival at Bluesbunny Towers. As a
series, it had pretty much lost its way of late and had fallen
into the trap of releasing some uninspired and turgid indie
rock. However, there is nothing uninspired or turgid about
this release from Californian band Foot Village.
"Clubtraxxx I-III" is an odd one. Showing scant regard for
melody and harmony, conventional song writing is abandoned to
a riot of screaming and randomly punished percussion. Maybe
its art house as I got the same buzz of this as I did with
ESG's "You're No Good" way back in 1981. This band is almost
out of control and the near incoherent structure of the song
turns out to be its biggest asset. Not one that will easily be
forgotten
On the flipside is "Crow Call". This is more conventional
being a hybrid of electro, gay disco and industrial sounds. It
too has the feeling of controlled chaos about it but in an
after midnight dance club kind of way. As a dance song it
works, but you are left wondering how.
So, not exactly a mainstream release but a welcome one
nonetheless. It is probably unreasonable to expect this band
to have widespread appeal but these two songs were far from
uninteresting. To tell the truth, I'm not even sure that I
like them but I sure as hell won't forget them in a hurry. Now
that's a good thing!