I recently received my copy of Foreign
Cinema's new release - Monochromatic. In fact, it was out of the
mailman's hands and in mine less than an hour before I was playing it
through for the first time. I already knew the band had
good-to-my-ears music and couldn't wait! This was the first vinyl I
had purchased in more than a decade, but, due to not having a
turntable, I played the CD and have kept the vinyl for a keepsake!
rainfall - just like the title, the
tune starts with a few plops, and then trickles and drips, backed by
bass and topped by Dave's drifting vox.
airport - a cyclic, boom-backed intro
is followed by guitar and vox. A saw-effect and fairy-wail add to the
musical interest. (Pidge my pigeon friend likes this track, best!)
The track fades out...
palace of fine junk - clunking into the
tune, the vox and drifty music closely follow, with plenty of
clunk-bopping - like a robot dancing - to sway along to; there are
also guitar bounces.
the world won't stop - sonic beats and
tinkly trickles start this track. It soon adds a space-xylo and vox.
It guitars out.
candy and cocktails - sliding and
wobbles start the track. There are drum beats and electronic-claps to
nod along to and a guitar melody to sway along to.
saudade - drums and mist intro,
followed by 'drift-in-trance' floaty-headedness. This track swirls
around in your head and is great for if you need to fall down into
relax-mode - just let that music into your head and space out!
vampire empire - bop-crash intro, soon
joined by waverings and cream-sponge vox.
chrysanthemum - a
violinic squeal and electro bump-beat start the track, before the
regular bass-n-guitar are accompanied by twangys and electro-saws.
This tune then swirls inside the head with soft drum-beats, settled
by the vox.
The package comes
in a white LP slip with art-print face and includes a CD copy for
those of us who no longer have turntables. (Alas, mine died on me
many years ago....) I am on my 5th play-thru just hours
after the album arrived - but I am leaning toward rainfall and candy
and cocktails as my favs - so far! You can find out more about the
band - which comprises of Dave Han, Natalia Silva and Brandon Chaves
- HERE
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