Well, I have to say in regard to this latest Bitcrush that it's a
disappointment. Specifically, it's a disappointment for anyone coming at it
with 'Enarc' still resonating in his/her ears (though maybe more familiar
if 'Shimmer and Fade' is the memory-borne template).
On 'In Distance' Mike Cadoo channels a slew of his Slowdive/4AD/New Order
influences through that dreary-pretty beautiful-miserabilist Mogwai/Sigur
Ros post-rock filter and seems to forget to put much more of himself in
there apart from an occasional vocal straining through the haze of strummed
bass and that authentic rehearsal-room drumkit sound. It appears that what
was 'in distance' on this album was much of his 80s shoegaze-goth-indie-pop
record collection - though rather less in distance' than it should have
been. I'm sorry, because I really liked 'Enarc', but it seems that the
sense of sonic continuity with Gridlock was severed with that album.
On the other hand, the Loess album, which was released on n5md at the same
time as the Bitcrush, is very much the Loess we heard on their 2002 s/t
album, and none the worse for it. Good stuff.
alan
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