Description:	LP on Morr includes download code
	Format:	LP (vinyl)
	Genre(s):	Experimental Indie
	Label:	Morr Music
	Price:	£16.39
	Availability:	Dispatched within 2-5 days (on average).

5
...according to our Brian on 08 April 2010.

Yo yo yo. Here come the Weilheimers. I always try to remember where Valerie & her gang of cheeky imps come from - I've been obsessed with them for years. Probably one of the only post-millennial German bands I have had a long-term crush on, it is with a sense of trepidation that I review their first long player for half a decade (the sound clips aren't very representative of the gems included here...). True to form, the hypnotic, near lullaby structures & thrilling motorik pop essence is as essential & engaging as ever. There's no point actually trying to compare to previous glories, their new tunes appear to be as vibrant, intoxicating & fresh as ever without remotely compromising their familiar, much-loved style of minimal electronic pop. A classic example of the old adage "if it ain't broke....", these 10 tracks are already perfectly formed classics, they've just got that magic touch haven't they? Welcome back, your music seems forever entrenched in my mind, nothing's changed. Some things are best when they remain as they are. The aural equivalent of an everlasting bag of pickled onion Monster Munch!

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Sound clips for Our Inventions by Lali Puna: on vinyl at Norman Records UK. LP (vinyl), Morr Music, MM098LP , £16.39.

What their label says...

More than half a decade has elapsed since the release of Faking The Books, Lali Puna's third (and hitherto most recent) long-player, but the band's impact on the climate of electronic rock music remains palpable.  Along with sister-group The Notwist, this Weilheim quartet have helped map out the musical landscape for modern, experimentally minded pop music, and Our Inventions finds Lali Puna continuing to push the frontiers of their medium. Our Inventions is a body of work that keenly engages with the concerns of its time, one that confronts the excesses and ever-accelerating pace of modernity. The sublime, virtuoso electronic arrangements of Our Inventions directly lock onto the record's recurrent key themes, depicting a world inundated with technology and consumed by a fixation on progress - simultaneously passing commentary on this state of affairs and overcoming it. When Trebeljahr intones "Things move on/I'm gonna work fast because tomorrow comes quick" it sounds like it's being sung from the perspective of someone who's already there.