Davey
03-10-2011, 12:04 PM
Anyone listened to the new Dodos - No Color yet? Kind of a return to the sound of Visiter, one that some of us really liked. But man, that drummer (and his tools) is a busy guy! Got some Neko Case in the background on a few tracks too, though you may not notice all that much since the percussion really never lets up enough to hear anything else :)
Wish they had turned it down a couple notches and let some of that percussion dynamics through, though. Would've added another dimension to the band, something you could listen to for the thrill of the sound, like bones dancing in your head, and not just the music. Gets pretty loud and congested when they crank it up. Sometimes ...just sounds like too much of that sound for me. I think some other bands like Spoon (or reaching back to what I hear as the some of Dodos' inspiration on this one, XTC) handle the percussion heavy sound better.
Anyway, might not be quite out yet, but samples at some of the usual places (http://welikeitlossless.blogspot.com/2011/03/dodos-no-color.html). I like it, but can't shake the feeling (at least sometimes) that the percussion is a gimmick to hide the missing songs ...
Wish they had turned it down a couple notches and let some of that percussion dynamics through, though. Would've added another dimension to the band, something you could listen to for the thrill of the sound, like bones dancing in your head, and not just the music. Gets pretty loud and congested when they crank it up. Sometimes ...just sounds like too much of that sound for me. I think some other bands like Spoon (or reaching back to what I hear as the some of Dodos' inspiration on this one, XTC) handle the percussion heavy sound better.
Anyway, might not be quite out yet, but samples at some of the usual places (http://welikeitlossless.blogspot.com/2011/03/dodos-no-color.html). I like it, but can't shake the feeling (at least sometimes) that the percussion is a gimmick to hide the missing songs ...