DMB04 Wrote:
R.I.Y.L.??
I love Electrelane! On the last album, which was one of my favorites last year, they did go through a few styles, but usually retaining some of that Velvet Underground rhythm sound like the Feelies. And the Clean. And more recently, Life Without Buildings and some Yo La Tengo, but not really the droney sound. They can get into a real rock groove too. They mix in some of the sound that I love about Blonde Redhead too. Gives it a little bit of a fractured sound. Some very cool influences. Another thing that really impresses me about it is the mastering. Most of the CDs you buy nowadays, even the indie stuff that doesn't really have a chance at mainstream radio play, is just horribly compressed, with nearly zero dynamic range. Average level almost the same as peak. But this Electrelane disc is great. Just the direct opposite. You really have to crank up the volume, just like in the "old days". Average levels come out in the 50% to 60% range with peaks up above 90% when you analyze it. Lots of dynamic range. Recorded by Steve Albini and mastered at Abbey Road by Steve Rooke, two of the good guys. What a great team.
So fast forward a year and they have a new bass player and a new album and sounds like it'll be great! Top position on my wishlist. More info and a pretty good description of their sound at
http://www.beggars.com/us/electrelane/. Also nice to see that a couple of the big sites catering to audiophiles, Music Direct and Acoustic Sounds, both had the 2-LP set listed for preorder a few weeks ago when I checked up on it.
