THE IDYLL PARTY

Very nice album in the tradition of Egg/National Health. Lots of sections on the four songs, nice use of keyboard and drums on every track. The music has this really modern hip hop feel in regards to the percussion. It gives the music a nice vibe, sounds like progressive lo Fi to me. I enjoy the shifting nature of the four compositions but find the moments where it goes quiet to be too frequent. The energy level is also lower then on the follow up.

First meeting starts with a minute ambient build up then goes on for a few minutes until the song stops for a five minute section of mostly e piano tinkling. It's okay but eats up to much time. Anyways the song comes back, playing this tracks theme and there's a bit of female ahhs. Easily the worst song on the album but still decent.

Why Do You Go To Mindless kicks off right away with Stubbs organ smorgasbord of delight. Eventually there is a small ambient section that works well as it is pretty brief and the song comes back on nice rhythm. You get a lot of fantastic moments on this one without the mistakes the prior track has. Wonderful song, really enjoy the work between keyboard, drum, bass and guitar.

Idyllcrity opens up slowly and unfolds in time to release a furious onslaught of wonderful demented circus music. Great stuff, adds real variety to the album.

With Music Language opens with sax squonking reminiscent of Facelifts opening. Like that song I find this part goes on for too long. When the song starts one is rewarded with the band going non stop till the end. There's a little bit of female ahhs at the end that really add some colour to the song. Great track like Facelift despite the rocky opening due to the balls to the wall playing that takes the tracks to their conclusions.

Overall this album is quite lovely and hits the spot for me craving more of Stubbs style. The follow up album is definitely superior due to its tracks possessing a lot of their own character, stronger compositions, better transitions and better musicianship in general.

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