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...according to our Phil on Fri 12 Nov, 2010.
Gary War has always been a favorite of the office. Mainly cos he's mad as lorries and we like a bit of that here. I've always enjoyed the whole underwatery wobblyness of his sound. it's kind of disconcerting. His new EP sees him going in a massively poppier synthy direction. The music is super busy with loads of things going left right and centre but underneath it all is a pop sensibility which lends it's guiding hand to get you through both sides with a fat smile on your face. There's still the wobbly voice things going on and if you're after a comparison then I reckon he sounds a bit like Ariel Pink on acid! It's insanely upbeat prog pop smothered in loads of crazy synth sounds and if that sounds like it's up your alley then check it out!
On the heels of the recently released 7", Reality Protest, New York City’s mastermind Gary War delivers a new six song EP. Recorded just this summer (2010), Police Water sees War’s audio explorations breaking new ground in electronic prog and pop other-worlds. These new pieces reveal new experiments in song-approach, structure, sampling, and tightly synced synthesization. Meanwhile War delves further into tape manipulation and post-future digital recording techniques. The overall feel of Police Water vibrates with post-apocalyptic urgency but ultimately carries the listener in through the darkness and out into light. This new work spans War’s full emotional range, and never abandons his hopes of a more enlightened collective consciousness for the future of the human race. Heavily experimental yet highly accessible and hook-laden, Police Water is the next stage in War’s singular and specific vision of a real future pop music. Gary War will be touring Europe this fall and recording a live split album in Italy with label mate Zola Jesus. This winter, War will start working on a follow-up full length to his critically acclaimed (Wire Mag’s #23 album of 2009), Horribles Parade.
Born of Light, Engur, On Its Head, Grounds for Termination, Who and Why, Sirens, Reality Protest *, Hollow Futures *. (*CD only).
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