| The first transmission from their forthcoming sophomore album Ten finds the avant trio Doseone, why?, and odd nosdam fronting a much poppier cLOUDDEAD than the one displayed on their debut. Entering on a hiccupping wave of analog synth drone, it kicks with a big bassy hook with (old)skool playground melody round lyrics about deceased canines, car crashes and wet paint. Complex yet simple, laidback and anthemic, "Dead Dogs Two" is more schiz-hop-phrenia. "Mulholland Instrumental" is suitably Lynchian in its murk and unsettling ambience, like Mule Varistions-era Tom Waits, all junkyard orchestration and found sounds, while the last tune is a Boards of Canada remix which sees the warped Scottish eclectronica duo return from the wilderness to dismantle cLOUDDEAD's title track, injecting it with their trademark childlike tranquility, a kind of blue miasma of flutes and airy acoustic guitars. - Do Something Pretty |
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