Instruments (Make Music) - Instruments (Make Music)

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4...according to our Phil on Thu 16 Oct, 2008.

On to Instruments on the useful Unlabel label with the 'Make Music' CD. Felt like there were too many labels in that sentence. Here we have a mini album of math rock pop. The 5 songs on here go from here to there with careless abandon you know. It's like they don't care. Widdly guitars, syncopated drum beats, weird time signatures and the occasional shouty pop vocals spit into my ears leaving them all nice and wet. Seems pretty acomplished from what I've heard. It's quite Dischord ish but with that twiddly African pop style guitar you often get in this sort of thing. Some nice brash loud guitars in it as well. Decent release...... Without sounding like a complete knob (I may already sound like one though...) I really like the song structures as you've no idea where it's gonna go next.

Here we have the shiney debut release by London based Instruments (Make Music), a 5 track, 25 minute journey into their math pop world.

The sounds are awash with jerky timings and impromptu closes but this never quite compromises the band's longing for the melodramatic pop song.

It's music to walk your dog, ride your bike or fly your kite to with a skip in your step, a beat in your chest and a smile on your face.

As ever, it's a limited first edition (200 copies) in digipak sleeves with glossy photo artwork and five full colour picture inserts - a lovely little package.

Tracklist:
'Bright Eyes Make For Good Dogs'.
'The Mexican'.
'Watching The Clock At The Alpine Disco'.
'We Didn't Think It Through, We Just Did It...'.
'You Do Me Good'.

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