Word: electronica
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...understand Peaches musically is really not difficult. She takes bits and pieces from rock, electronica and hip-hop, and mixes them with a brazen, no-holds-barred sexuality. The result is song titles like “I Don’t Give A” and “Shake Yer Dix,” and lyrics to match. The trouble is, the music is all style over substance—many of the short songs on Fatherfucker are built up over remarkably simple, monotonous electro beats. The most successful electronic song is “The Inch...
With his engaging showmanship, he strikes a distance from the laptop electronica of the so-called IDM (Intelligent Dance Music, apparently to distinguish it from dance music that goes to Yale...
Although Laika’s fourth record seems easy to pigeonhole on first listen, it’s defined by contradictions—an accessible beat-driven album that takes its title from a poem by Poet Laureate Mark Strand; a downtempo album that actually has lyrical content; an electronica album comprised largely of organic instruments. Vocalist Margaret Fiedler even lends wispy guitar sounds to the mix, and with skittering electronic beats complemented by drummer Lou Ciccotelli, Laika seem to move in spheres close to those of their Russian cosmodog namesake...
...quicker tempo and diverse instrumentation of “Falling Down”, or the syncopated rhythms of “Dirty Bird”) are lost in the ample space. Regardless, floating through the cosmos with Laika is a great choice for anyone searching for vocal, laid-back electronica. —Will B. Payne
Also evident in the album are traces of new influences from Gibbard’s recent side project The Postal Service, a collaboration with Jimmy Tamborello of Dntel which yielded a masterwork combination of indie pop and electronica...