Loyal Divide
Written by gzabriel on Tuesday, 18 of November , 2008 at 7:46 pm
Sprouting from increasingly revered metropolis, Chicago, come Loyal Divide. Their second EP Labrador sounds like a telepathic chess match between Radiohead and Apparat, or a sandwich of trip hop, paranoid electronic beats, and a haunted dream like atmosphere. Young Blades sounds like Timbaland stuck in a nightmare and put through a blender. Labrador sounds like Ellen Allien drowning in a layer of feedback and then rescued. Lover I Can Tell You feels like Banjo Or Freakout and Animal Collective’s daydream set to a fluttering heartbeat. Vision Vision’s wobbly synth and alien slap bass get masked by screams and then salvaged and the EP is finished. In their well written words:
There remains one true payoff for a musician -the release of performance. Chicago’s Loyal Divide understands this well. To witness their live show is to witness a channeling of heaped aggravation; to hear them is to hear the musical approximation of fevered confession. Truly a live act, Loyal Divide knows how to produce electricity from frustration - frustration with poverty, each other, and the road. The band looks forward to only one thing: leaving all the sludge behind for a brief moment of on-stage catharsis, in turn strengthening their bond and legitimizing their hard work. When not performing, the group goes subterranean, retreating to their basement, away from the outside world, socializing with no one but themselves and their instruments. In an effort to stave off boredom, the group has forever committed to developing their sound; something along the seams of the genres they adore most: Hip Hop, Ambient, Shoegaze, and Pop. Loyal Divide hope to
eventually join the ranks of music’s most forward thinking luminaries - artists like Animal Collective, Liars, and Radiohead - groups who push boundaries while captivating listeners, who trade in conformity for vision, licks for nuance.
Loyal Divide’s music is exciting, passionate, and awesome and you’re doing yourself a disservice if you don’t check them out. Their EP is out soon so be sure to grab it.
Category: Electronic, gzabriel
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