Some bands with a name like Fuck Buttons would go for a raunchy approach, but on their debut Street Horrrsing, the Bristol-based group focuses on messing with layers of sounds instead of anything sleazy. Fuck Buttons' collage of brittle electronics, post-rock epics, and blistering noise recalls more than a few other bands -- they're capable of raging like Wolf Eyes, conjuring Aa's dead calm, echoing Mogwai's majesty and mining similar territory to tourmates like Stars of the Lid and Deerhunter -- but they put these elements together in their own beautiful, and often unsettling, way. Street Horrrsing opens with "Sweet Love for Planet Earth," a nine-minute epic that starts off twinkling like a snow globe (or the theme to The Exorcist), then swells with thick clouds of distorted synths and bass. Despite the layers of noise, the song radiates an intense, cathartic, and remarkably subtle beauty, even when fuzzed-out screaming cuts through the haze like a dream pop take on Wolf Eyes. Its pulsing bass morphs into rattling percussion as "Ribs Out"'s tribal terror takes Fuck Buttons' music in a very different direction, trading oddly comforting sheets of distortion for stark, unyielding rhythms, and feral yips and wails. The rest of the album lies somewhere between these extremes, flowing as one long piece while the band finds a surprising amount of variety in the blunt rhythms, penetrating electronic haze, and distorted vocals that make up Street Horrrsing's main motifs. Fuck Buttons use noise richly and expressively, but they're far from a noise band; even on the densest, most frantic moments like "OK, Let's Talk About Magic," a striking melodic sensibility guides these songs. Conversely, the prettiest moments still have a scary streak: "Race You to My Bedroom"'s dense atmosphere has a glowing, sunset loveliness, but its wordless chattering makes it equally rapturous and ominous. Fuck Buttons' sound gets more unique when they add some unexpected twists to it, as on "Bright Tomorrow," where a four-on-the-floor beat transforms the song into noise-house. Before it ends on the same sparkling melody that opened Street Horrrsing, "Colours Move" closes the album by reprising everything that came before it with a strangely jubilant air -- or maybe not so strangely, because this debut is as satisfying as it is promising.
When describing a band to someone, it's often too easy and simplistic to just say a combination of a couple other bands that they sound like. Or worse yet, loosely throw around genre terms that have by now lost meaning. As with Fuck Buttons, I don't really need to worry about such things. Fuck Buttons [...] Related posts:Holy Fuck - LP Review Holy fuck it's a band name called Holy Fuck! Some....
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Reviews of the 2008 album ??Street Horrrsing?? by the Fuck Buttons are pretty hysterical. By hysterical I mean it seems this album instills laughter and fright in people. It’s been a while since I’ve had an album that unnerved me a little bit. I like the feeling and this album really caught me off guard. It’s filled with layers upon layers of reverberating, delayed, distorted noise. Tha
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Reviews of the 2008 album ??Street Horrrsing?? by the Fuck Buttons are pretty hysterical. By hysterical I mean it seems this album instills laughter and fright in people. It’s been a while since I’ve had an album that unnerved me a little bit. I like the feeling and this album really caught me off guard. It’s filled with layers upon layers of reverberating, delayed, distorted noise. Tha
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Last year, British partners-in-feedback Andrew Hung and Benjamin John Power (Damn, that is one stately-ass name!), better known together as Fuck Buttons, released their debut album Street Horrrsing (TMT Review) to what the internet calls “generally favorable reviews”. By all accounts it would appear the drony duo have been enjoying the fruits of their success, choosing to pass the long hours b
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I ignored it. I can't keep track of all the electronic music that's hitting the atmosphere over the past year. there's caribou, there's burial, there's a TON of really good, INSANE music (like animal collective, and yeasayer, too) being made out there right now. Well, my mind just got ear-fucked by Fuck Buttons. I missed the hype-boat on them last month. All I can say now....is WOW.Get your...
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I'm still in the middle of gathering all the half year lists of 2008! A list of the best albums of 2008 so far according to all Moggers. If you haven't voted yet, go to this thread: http://mog.com/SA/blog_post/169238 and post your top 10 albums of 2008 so far.On to my number 8:Band: Fuck ButtonsAlbum: Street HorrrsingBest Track: N/ABest Line: N/AIn Words: Instrumental... claustrophobic... haun...
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Sometimes something comes along that excites me like a big kid.I have a "rule" that I never listen to the same album twice in a row. It's just plain wrong.I've broken my rule for Fuck Buttons.Apologies to Midford for not taking the advice earlier. Will try harder next time, promise.
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When describing a band to someone, it's often too easy and simplistic to just say a combination of a couple other bands that they sound like. Or worse yet, loosely throw around genre terms that have by now lost meaning. As with Fuck Buttons, I don't really need to worry about such things. Fuck Buttons [...] Related posts:Holy Fuck - LP Review Holy fuck it's a band name called Holy Fuck! Some....
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| 1 Sweet Love for Planet Earth |
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| 2 Ribs Out |
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| 3 Okay, Let's Talk About Magic |
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| 4 Race You to My Bedroom/Spirit Rise |
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| 5 Bright Tomorrow |
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| 6 Colours Move |
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