Zulu Records
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MANITOBA - Up In Flames Wow, this record sounds nothing like the last one. You can barely hear the laptop through all the guitars and drums and psychedelic pop-rock high jinks. It's more 90s big beat than 00s laptop IDM. Abandoning the jittery cutesy feel of his debut, Start Breaking My Heart, Dan Snaith of Manitoba - now a 3-piece band - shows us just how much he is down with the Psyche Revolution, new and old. Borrowing much from the likes of Brian Wilson, The Byrds, and My Bloody Valentine - and perhaps most daringly, even the Chemical Brothers - Snaith dishes out a swirling mess of nutty, driving, beautifully layered electronic pop. Up in Flames is an exploration in songwriting, texture and timbre - exactly what electronic music always promised to be! All this from a guy who said, "I don't give a shit about the electronic music scene!" Indeed. CD 19.98 /LP 16.98 Street Date: April 8th |