LEAF Made Into Itself CD

29-01-2012, 10:23
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Użytkownik eldrichpalmer

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Miejscowość Warszawa

Koniec: 26-01-2012 15:46:02

Suspicious Records, 2005, stan bdb-

Made Into Itself is instrumental hip-hop with a grey ribbed turtleneck and a pair of dark-rimmed Brooks Brothers glasses. It's erudite and discerning, a bit standoffish but delightfully clever when you sit down and chat over a couple of import ales. A bookish vibe pervades every aspect of Leaf's music, from the way that their boom-bap drum loops crackle like the binding of a first edition Hardy doorstopper to the crinkled-brow poetry that spills over textured wave fields and loping violin. Only the details subvert the album's calm and collected surface: we get discordant key plinks and glossed over background drones in the first section of "Coffee Drinker", while select lines in the spoken word segments paint a bleak future ("Faust gave us Mephistopheles, George Lucas gave us Lord Vader"). These subtle flourishes help to fill out drawing room chillout jams like "Intelligent Design", whose simplistic rhythm patterns and mesmeric strings feel more like a wallpaper pattern than a skillful portrait. When Leaf perform hypnosis without losing their eye for detail, as they do on "Even Holy Things Do", a whirling pop song with siren-like vocal bits, they leave their strongest impression, but they limit most of their tracks to one or two good ideas, leaning on the lo-fi drums and strings for readymade atmosphere. Ultimately, Made Into Itself's appeal will likely hinge on how fond you are of stroking your chin and fantasizing about the 2007 Jetta.