Try as you might to forget the wonderful shit show that was the lead-in to the slightly less crazy, though still unforgettably insane Mitt-Romney-becoming-the-Republican-nominee-for-president, a rare entertaining piece from that time period actually lives on through the Internet. Another might well do the job, but here’s the equivalent of my reaction upon listening to the track “I Just Wanna Know” from Blanche Blanche Blanche’s new LP Breaking Mirrors, due out November 5 on Wharf Cat Records.
Verbally, let me describe it as an initial impression of gimmicky lo-fi-ness, midway replaced by a grinning appreciation of hidden complexity — a casual and complete reversal of opinion in less than two minutes. It’s worth quoting the press release this time: “Their songs are often difficult to play but easy to hear,” and even better, the feeling doesn’t diminish with repeated listens. I’m up to #26, the gradual smiling continues, and my double life as a human puppet has just become a little less painful. Say goodbye, mouth strings!
A bit of background about the band and the aforementioned debut LP: since 2010, Blanche Blanche Blanche have recorded seven full-length albums on multitrack cassette. Breaking Mirrors marks the first that was recorded in a professional studio, and the first for which they recruited extra musicians to play drums, bass, and guitar (Jo Miller-Gamble, Adam Steck, Quentin Moore, and Colin White, respectively).
If nothing else, let’s thank the presumed budget increase for the related increase in exposure. Looking forward to this one; preorder it here.
Breaking Mirrors tracklisting:
01. Breaking Mirrors
02. Crowd Noise
03. Zeroing In
04. That’s the Ad
05. TED Talks
06. Market Thrush
07. Fire
08. Arrive Alive
09. Flash the Bios
10. Grey Pet
11. Rich Man
12. Omega Ade
13. Fisted
14. I Just Wanna Know
• Blanche Blanche Blanche: https://www.facebook.com/osr.blancheblancheblanche.3
• Wharf Cat: http://wharfcatrecords.com
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