From their new(-ish, 2005) album, The Lone Gunman, "The Mystery". Just ran across this as I was listening to Low, another slow-core band. The lyrics are kind of inane, I think he's talking about the media or something. But that's not really the point of it, Idaho has a long history of slow-core albums, which as a genre in general, goes straight for emotion. This track is gently contemplative and q
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I first heard "Starts Off With a Bang" from their "City Vs Country" EP. This is a friendly tune from their latest, showing up quite a bit on the indie music blogs. This one, and "Secret Language", for example, go from interesting to okay through most of the song, but then kick into a wonderful chorus, then back into a disappointing verse. Hang on until (or just jump straight there) at least 0:45.
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Chicago is amazing (as are the other versions on Avalanche). And there are some other really good songs and it holds together extremely well as a concept album. But my favorite song and the reason I bought the album initially was for this song. It evokes such a strong mood - interesting and dark, kind of scary and holy at once. When I write creatively it's one of the songs I used to help me get i
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What it brings to mind is that movie Dark City - rainy, cold, and wet, but cool (if you thought Dark City was cool). Like Dark City, it works consistently within its own existence, which is impressive in that Burial has developed his/her (I think his?) own grungy warm club sound. There's not a ton of variation, but the songs do something so particular and evoke such a strong, dark, sound it beg...
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