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Mon, 27 Mar 2006
[23:17] Idiot Pilot - Strange We Should Meet Here - Rating 4/5
"Strange We Should Meet Here" is the CD I bought myself for my birthday after Shona recommended it to me (because she liked the cover). I listened to it on the magical Virgin listening stick and the 30 second clips sounded good so I bought it.
The first listen at home made me think "Have I made a bit of a mistake here?" but the fact that I've had it on high rotation since then makes me think "No". It's a bloody great album! The songs are generally built on a background mix of ambient electronica, soft guitar and vocals with some Deftones/Filter/NIN style screaming singing smashing in for backing vocals and the chorus every now and then. It's proving to be really great coding music and is what I spent a goodly portion of Saturday and Sunday listening to.
Weighing in at 14 tracks and just under an hour (57 minutes and 37 seconds) its good value for money in both the quality and quantity department. Favourite tracks? Hmmmm. The title track "Strange We Should Meet Here" which meanders in just past the halfway point of the CD is excellent and "A Violent Tango" provides a good example of what the majority of the album is like. "Spark Plug" is a nice mash of guitar and electronic distortion and you can even pick out the vocals on this one. "Moerae" is somewhat reminiscent in style of the Bram Van 3000 track "Drinking in LA" (which I really love). Meh...they're all good - just go buy the damn CD folks.
For more information check out the website at www.idiotpilot.com or you can sneak-preview a couple of the tunes here (which is cool!).
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