Friday Eargasm

This should have been posted last Friday but I got caught up with a few things and never made it out of my drafts, so here it is, albeit a bit late.

There were two choices for this eargasm, a fantastic but slightly less cool pop song or another electronica-esque song. In an attempt to remain cool I have chosen the electronica song, but expect to hear the pop song too very soon.

Worriedaboutsatan are a electronic-post rock duo from Leeds and successfully blend two of my favourite genres in what could easily become the new direction for post-rock.

I have chosen the track You're In My Thoughts as the most obvious track from their 2009 album Arrivals though honestly, any track from the album could perfectly demonstrate the detail and effort put into their recordings.

Beginning with a tremoloed guitar, it could easily be any post-rock song by any band. However, very quickly, we are introduced to heavily-reverberated clicks as the guitars move from left to right. The track is 6 minutes long but wastes no time in building the spacey clicks into a more direct beat, akin to Aphex Twin's early work.

It's incredibly difficult for Post-rock songs to build on a wonderful melody without overcrowding the sonic field and shows skill in your improvisation and melody writing skills if that original melody can sit in the mix the whole way through without becoming repetitive.

Worriedaboutsatan pull this off perfectly, introducing vocals that are warped and delayed out of all recognition that sweep from left to right, adding another dimension to the increasingly glitchy and unrecognisable drum sounds, there are rapid clicks that swoop out as quickly as they arrived, random insect-sounding noises are littered throughout the mix; all of this building a swirling percussive background that feels measured and with no need to add more.

The track climaxes breaks down as quickly as it began with a new melody taking over, built on the random synth soudns that were introduced without notice during the track but so quickly took centre stage, all backed by the glorious guitar chords that accompanied the opening melody.

I prefer my post-rock to be melodious; I appreciate the skills in playing with dynamics and I get the whole drone thing but I love to hear melodies flitting around the song. Worriedaboutsatan have found the perfect way to build melodies with spacey-house beats, music that is new and incredibly exciting. For Me anyway.

This version is edited, for the full version, you'll have to go here and pay just £8. It's a bargain, honest.