The Craters
Written by gzabriel on Thursday, 7 of August , 2008 at 9:03 pm
The Craters have a double EP out. One is original material the other is a pastiche of samples, or so I understand.
Kissing sounds like a slower Animal Collective stuck in Beck’s apartment with a guitar, a tape recorder, electronic drums, and a library of awesome sound effects. My favorite off Kissing is With You Or Near You which is a bit tricky to place. It sounds a bit Berlin, like something Apparat or Ellen Allien may cook up. But it sounds Radiohead or Beck as well. As it goes on it starts to drift more into Animal Collective territory. Though comparisons help it really needs to be heard away from other bands and for what it is, a really fantastic song.
Samba Party is a grab bag of tastefully, fuzzy, hard to recognize (for me) samples. Still retaining Beck sensibilities but taking on a much more frantic vibe. Like chaos and acid at a hotel lobby the songs weave in and out of coherency, dabbling in lyrics only to drift into a welcoming clatter of unfamiliar bits and pieces. “Baby” has straight up rapping on it which seems comfortably in place among the swirling snippets that fill Samba Party. The single off Samba Party shares a title of the same name. A voice swells over the crashing drums, childrens voices, and horn sample as the song skips along stopping after verses to descend into another clangorous interlude. There may be no discernable chorus but the song works.
Pick up their EP on the myspace! (Bellyache is a really good song too)
The Craters - With You or Near You
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