I just realized that I haven’t posted much electronic, ambient, drone, or experimental music here lately. I apologize. Those thoughts came to me after I listened to the new album by the New Orleans duo Belong. They twist and manipulate their guitars and synths until their output swells into a massive wall of colorful sound. Do you like My Bloody Valentine, Fennesz, M83, or even the ambient Aphex Twin stuff? You’ll probably like this.
“The album encapsulates their hometown of New Orleans, at once bathed in sunlight and colors, yet dripping in decay and a rich sadness. It is a record that attempts to display the beauty in things that are worn, decayed or destroyed… Melodies are similarly enveloped in a sort of aural atrophy, forever repeating their blurring calls. At the end, all that remains is a noise so potent it leaves the sonic equivalent of the sun’s imprint on a retina.” – Carpark Press Release
Some have criticized the album for being to repetitive, but I think its a favorable element (in this case). The album is powerful and emotional in a way that is like looping your thought patterns until the sounds in your head just blur into white noise and static. October Language is out now on Carpark Records. It is a gorgeous dreamlike record and once you play it, you won’t want to wake up anytime soon.
MP3 | Belong – October Language October Language
MP3 | Belong – All Equal Now October Language
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Belong is wonderful. Glad to see others out there appreciating it.