The following are prerequisite albums required to be able to listen to velocity : design : comfort.
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Aphex Twin - Richard D James Album
Autechre - LP5
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My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
To understand velocity : design : comfort, these albums are essentials. Without them, velocity will give you a migraine in the first 2 minutes. The sounds will just be too alien to process. For this is a IDM/Shoegaze hybrid album.
If, by any chance, you're familiar with the wide-eyed glitch madness of Richard D James Album, the efficient combination of glitch and melody of LP5, or the beautiful formless guitar washes of Loveless, congratulations! You might just stand a chance.
There's a reason this album is so obscure; it sounds like it's actively trying to stop you from listening to it. For every fragment of guitar or vocal, there's about 5 separate shuddering synthesizers trying to prevent you from hearing it clearly (particularly in the opening track). That's pretty much the norm for the entire 73 minutes. It's a taxing listen, especially if you're a headphone user.
But I'm reviewing this for a reason. If you manage to parse out the clicks and cuts enough to hear the actual songs, you get rewarded a thousand times over. This is one of the most stunningly vivid listening experiences you'll ever know. Once you get used to the jarring beats, it start making sense: the level of detail put into these tracks is near limitless. It's like holding a mirror up to a mirror, then holding a candle inbetween and watching it stretch on for infinity.
I could gush about this album for infinity. I'll keep it short: every song is intensely emotive, but two in particular stand out: Fruitcake And Cookies builds to the kind of climax that could make classical composers reconsider their choice of genre. Chocolate Matter is the most accessible track, and the most beginner friendly (and the most similar to MBV's Only Shallow). It may seem breezy and beautiful at first, but beware: the chorus is a fucking monster.
In short, Sweet Trip have two out of three. This album is a pinnacle of velocity and of design; it's not a comfortable listen. It can get pretty painful at times, and if you listen to it in a noisy environment, it mostly just sounds messy and pointless. But if you give it your full attention for long enough, you'll hear the urgency, the sexuality, the emotion, the virtuosity. velocity : design : comfort is the kind of album some people go their whole lives without ever hearing the likes of. It's a love letter to sound itself.
[5/5]
[STRONG RECOMMENDATION]
Aphex Twin - Richard D James AlbumAutechre - LP5
My Bloody Valentine - LovelessTo understand velocity : design : comfort, these albums are essentials. Without them, velocity will give you a migraine in the first 2 minutes. The sounds will just be too alien to process. For this is a IDM/Shoegaze hybrid album.
If, by any chance, you're familiar with the wide-eyed glitch madness of Richard D James Album, the efficient combination of glitch and melody of LP5, or the beautiful formless guitar washes of Loveless, congratulations! You might just stand a chance.
There's a reason this album is so obscure; it sounds like it's actively trying to stop you from listening to it. For every fragment of guitar or vocal, there's about 5 separate shuddering synthesizers trying to prevent you from hearing it clearly (particularly in the opening track). That's pretty much the norm for the entire 73 minutes. It's a taxing listen, especially if you're a headphone user.
But I'm reviewing this for a reason. If you manage to parse out the clicks and cuts enough to hear the actual songs, you get rewarded a thousand times over. This is one of the most stunningly vivid listening experiences you'll ever know. Once you get used to the jarring beats, it start making sense: the level of detail put into these tracks is near limitless. It's like holding a mirror up to a mirror, then holding a candle inbetween and watching it stretch on for infinity.
I could gush about this album for infinity. I'll keep it short: every song is intensely emotive, but two in particular stand out: Fruitcake And Cookies builds to the kind of climax that could make classical composers reconsider their choice of genre. Chocolate Matter is the most accessible track, and the most beginner friendly (and the most similar to MBV's Only Shallow). It may seem breezy and beautiful at first, but beware: the chorus is a fucking monster.
In short, Sweet Trip have two out of three. This album is a pinnacle of velocity and of design; it's not a comfortable listen. It can get pretty painful at times, and if you listen to it in a noisy environment, it mostly just sounds messy and pointless. But if you give it your full attention for long enough, you'll hear the urgency, the sexuality, the emotion, the virtuosity. velocity : design : comfort is the kind of album some people go their whole lives without ever hearing the likes of. It's a love letter to sound itself.
[5/5]
[STRONG RECOMMENDATION]