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pyt Presents:
Artist: Macha
Title: Forget Tomorrow
Record Label: Jetset
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Ripped Date: 08/18/2004
Street Date: 08/00/2004
Genre: Indie
ripper: str
Source: CDDA
Grabber: EAC
Encoder: Lame 3.90.3 --alt-preset standard
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Release Information
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It's been a while since we last heard from Macha, and
with all the scenes that have risen and fallen in the
interim, it's easy to forget that they were once viewed
as one of indie rock's greatest hopes for the future-- a
future that, at the time of their second album, was
still a calendar century away. The Athens, GA trio got
off to a quick start, gracing 1998 and 1999 each with a
forward-looking, genre-defying album. In 2000, they
dropped a highly-acclaimed collaboration with now-
defunct slowcore nap-rockers Bedhead and then seemingly
evaporated, leaving us to figure out where to redirect
our anticipation.
So forgive me if I didn't figure they even existed
anymore. Four years is a long pause, but brothers Joshua
and Mischo McKay, and their former housemate Kai Reidl,
have emerged on the other end of their layoff with an
album that, while not quite justification for the wait,
nonetheless brims with the same restless creativity that
spiked their early records, updated just enough to
incorporate the moping massive's newfound fascination
with all things rhythmic and pulsing.
Macha still retain the passion for Indonesian gamelan
and arcane instrumentation that made their initial burst
so distinctive, but it's relatively played down,
relegated mostly to the corners in favor of Neo-Tokyo
synths and a river of bass: Forget Tomorrow is a
futurist's sonic Eden, a soundtrack to the arcades and
clinics of William Gibson's Chiba City. The album's
first half cruises through this territory with the top
down, breathing its air fully, and scooping up most of
the good ideas that lie there. The title track ought to
be a single, with its deadpanned, vacuum-sealed melody,
plasticine synth, flourishes of koto, and polished steel
neo-Moroder groove. It's sleeker than a Mitsubishi TV
spot, but the recording's workmanlike nature renders it
real.
"(Do the) Inevitable" adds the clanking Indonesian
percussion that we've so come to expect on a Macha
record, but the funky bassline and kick/hihat boom-chik
are all Macha Mk II. That beat comes back to support the
echoing buzz of "Smash & Grab", which smacks slightly of
The Faint without nearly as much aggressive edge. A
sprinkling of instrumentals provide the best link with
the band's exotica kick, "D-D-D" clanging with gamelan,
"Paper Tiger" awash with repetitive hammer dulcimer
figures, and Silk Road melodies wafting on synthetic
strings through the vibe-cluttered buzz of "Sub II".
All of this makes Forget Tomorrow a welcome return for
Macha, who seem just as ready to expand their sound as
ever. A few ponderous interludes (especially "While the
People Sleep", a go-nowhere ambient drag) hamper the
record's momentum at inopportune times, which is a
shame, given that, along with the joys of rhythm, the
world has also recently rediscovered the benefits of the
40-minute runtime. Still, this album confirms that Macha
truly are long for this world, and I'll take that any
day. -pitchforkmedia.com
Enjoy!
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Track Listing:
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No. Time Track Title
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01. 05:01 Forget Tomorrow
02. 03:45 (Do the) Inevitable
03. 02:48 D-D-D
04. 02:21 While the People Sleep
05. 04:44 Smash & Grab
06. 03:56 It's Okay Paper Tiger
07. 04:45 C'mon C'mon Oblivion
08. 01:28 Back in Baby's Arm
09. 03:44 Now Disappearing
10. 02:17 From the Merak Lounge
11. 03:41 Calming Passengers
12. 03:14 Sub II
13. 05:59 No Surprise Party
Total time: 47:43 .. Total Size: 74,9MB
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