Broadcast are a band from the future of Britain’s past. They idealise pop music and yet set themselves deep into the avant-garde, like a William Burroughs essay on new British pop sensations "Girls Aloud" (i think i threw up a little just mentioning their name). Their new album, "The Future Crayon" (which is this week's obsession), is a collection of previously released singles for everyone not quite obsessive enough to track down all those endless seven inches and compilation appearances. "The Future Crayon" is seriously good. From the influences of french-ye-ye pop, library music, Morricone and The United States of America, Broadcast demonstrate how "god-like" and "hissy" pop music can be. I would suggest starting with "Ha-Ha Sound" from 2003 and then move your way into "Tender Buttons" from 2005 (their best album (in my opinion), but not one to initially become formally acquainted with the spectromorphic ways of Broadcast).
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