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Border Radio review on Jersey Beat // The Quinlan Chronicles

hideyourhumansize — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:40:27 GMT

Blake/e/e/e, along with having a confusing name, also has a highly varied musical personality on Border Radio. The disc begins with “Holy Dub”, and it is what one would expect: a bouncy, rhythmic dub track. This is easy enough, but that is where the simplicity ends. “New Millennium’s” is gorgeous in its delivery. This lush, sprawling track introduced a subtlety into the record before changing gears to the straight forward “lack of Self-Explanation”. This track drones, rises, fades away, and then returns with another droning riff. The remnants of this song slide into the Beach Boys-inspired “narrow Zone”. Psychedelic and fun, this track was my early favorite until I heard the next song, “Time Machine”. This could have been the title track for this disc, as Blake/e/e/e is a throwback of a band that refuses to surrender to what is dominating radio and pop culture to generate music that is wholly original. The throbbing bass, strange, ethereal vocals and hypnotic rhythm of “Time Machine” made it my favorite of the record. From this point forward, Blake/e/e/e revisits a series of ideas: “Holy, Yes to the Sunny Days” and “Saint Lawrence Tears” both revolve around pseudo-country riffs and twangy, folk-inspired playing. Additionally, “Dub-Human-is” resurrects a similar idea from the opening song. This particular song seemed to move slowly out of the blocks, filling the listener with a sense of uncertainty. However, the song is allowed to take its’ time, as the track lingers for ten minutes! The title track “Border Radio” and “The Thing’s Hollow” are nearly tribal in their energy, with the latter featuring magnificent female vocals and lyrics about stars, space, and a lack of gravity. This disc may be the soundtrack to a bizarre hallucination, and it is truly for a select audience.

Rich Quinlan

Blake/e/e/e - "The Thing's Hollow" music video

hideyourhumansize — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:08:15 GMT

Luca Dipierro has directed this dreamy and psychedelic music animation for "The Thing's Hollow", track no. 6 of Blake/e/e/e album "Border Radio". Enjoy!

An introduction to Blake/e/e/e

hideyourhumansize — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:38:13 GMT

Crossing the Mediterranean and then over the Atlantic, Blake/e/e/e finds its new home by Lake Michigan in Chicago. From their Italian beginnings in 2002 as indie rock band Franklin Delano, Paolo Iocca and Marcella Riccardi continue to break new ground with their new project Blake/e/e/e and are joined by American multi-instrumentalists Davy DeLaFuente and Oren Wagner. Border Radio, their anticipated debut album, will be released in the US on 8th April 2008 and European release is scheduled in October. Blake/e/e/e will tour the States in May/June and Europe in October/November. Click here to check their scheduled shows.

When the faces of Easter Island sing, they sound like Border Radio.
Blake/e/e/e captures the imagination with its salsa of orphan dub, folk celestial, sixties psychedelic intergalactic ballads, and post-punk country that will travel through every bone in your body while you howl at the shooting stars. It's Beach Boys going to church where the church transmutes into a metaphysical disco. Whether you're making love (not war) or on a cross-country killing spree, Border Radio is the perfect ethno spiritual alt rock soundtrack.

New Millennium's Lack Of Self Explanation

hideyourhumansize — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:32:52 GMT

Awesome tune. It is available for free download almost everywhere. I.e. on Blake/e/e/e myspace page. Enjoy! HYHS