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MH-078 Pressed And - Hyper Thistle EP  Conceived during their first US tour, Pressed And return with Hyper Thistle, their second EP of processed vocal and complex electronic experiments. The release is a bridge between their sound-defining debut, Imbue Up, and the more performance driven sound of their recent Daytrotter Session which is infusing the music they are working on for their first full-length. The tone is quickly set as a chopped vocal and double-time breakbeat propel the EP forward. Chiming guitars interplay with delays and propulsive percussion before cutting to a slice of glitched out hip-hop that throws out the rules to transcend all well-worn electronic micro-genres. Ambience creeps back into the fold with etherial atmospherics and light drum-and-bass beats until a demented vocal chop and equilibrium throwing groove changes the mood completely. Finally pitched down vocals complete with higher register electronic wizardry creating something both future-sounding and soulful. With their second release Pressed And once again prove that they refuse to be trapped by tradition of genre in their quest for electronic bliss. |
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| Reviews Summary |
| Genre-defiant goodness—encompassing elements of glitch and hip-hop, among a number of other things - XLR8R / Sounds like: Changing colours on a mood ring - Alan Cross / Blissful yet unpredictable stuff that evades easy categorisation - Cyclic Defrost / Pressed And will reinvent the EDM playbook and stake their claim as one of the genre's most important bands - Absolute Punk |
| Reviews |
| Upon writing a review, I tend to have a habit sometimes of saying that an EP would have been great if it was expanded into an album, and yet I love what an EP offers to the listener, so I’m going to have to try to change that. Pressed And have released the Hyper Thistle EP (Mush) that shows how they love cramming a wide range of electronic styles, both played and sequenced, while also layering that over a bit of minimalism. You hear the beautiful clutter and that moves me, but what also moves me is what some may ignore, and that’s the engine beneath the hood. This time around, they’re creating the kind of sounds that will please some fans of BVDVD, Jaga Jazzist, and Jazzanova. One could easily hear BVDVD taking “Andross To Ankei” and expanding it by another 15 to 20 minutes as the guitars and keyboard echo bounces back and forth until reaching the horizon to find another guitar and keyboard echo doing the same thing but in a different key or shade. “When She Ran” could easily be expanded into something ten times its length but I like what Pressed And do within their own limitations, as if they’re trying to let people know “we can create pretty electronic melodies built to suit your tastes”, as in popular tastes. It’s the kind of sensual sounds, both unknown and occasionally familiar, that makes you want to tongue your digital files in order for it to burst. With only five songs, it definitely does make you thirst for more flavors but with one EP done can only mean more music will follow sometime soon. - This Is Books Music |
