Comme on va vite être sous l'eau avec les bouquins, je cale ici la musique qui va tomber elle aussi d'ici peu. D'auntant que le pitch d'Anticon ressemble à celui de "De la possibilité d'une île". Rien de moins.
Et si c'était à ce point trop de la balle?
A guetter, Eyelash de Why? en souvenir du dernier concert moite et fort au Point Ephémère...
Et si c'était à ce point trop de la balle?
A guetter, Eyelash de Why? en souvenir du dernier concert moite et fort au Point Ephémère...
why? - elephant eyelash
abr0055 CD/LP (2005)
out oct 4th (US) / sept 18th(EU)
What you’ve got here, dear listener, is something grand. Something bold. Something to trumpet proudly as the future of something that hasn’t yet happened. Something (gasp!) to be excited about. What you have here is Elephant Eyelash, the brand-new, brilliant album from WHY? at the very least you should be asking yourself, “why not?”
Elephant Eyelash is a beautifully realized work, a smile-twisted opus of bright colors, dark corners and fearless moves by head architect Yoni Wolf (cLOUDDEAD, Reaching Quiet, Hymies Basement). After six years of treating WHY? as a solo project, Yoni has fashioned WHY? into a full-fledged band. The Sanddollars EP, released in May, presented the group working through a short set of miniature oeuvres, but Elephant Eyelash dishes up the real deal: twelve gorgeously rendered tracks of jangly pysch-rock, folk-hop and peculiar pop.
Whether inhabiting the persona of a lovelorn crooner or warp-mouthed Dylanesque poet, self-deprecating, soft-singing shy guy or loud-mouthed macho type, Yoni wraps unforgettable lyrical imagery around grooves powered by an arsenal of instruments: guitars, turntable, piano, glockenspiel, pedal, pots, pans, and more.
Pavement, Neutral Milk Hotel, krautrock and dub are all channeled here, but the mix never gets too heady. Rather, it’s Yoni’s trademark delivery, half-smirk, half-grin, that reminds us that it’s life’s inconsistencies that make it so
damn addicting.
source: http://www.anticon.com
Certains ont plutot aimé:
[...]The result is indie rock that’s quirky and seemingly casual in a way that makes the catchy parts (and there are many) seem catchier, a little like Pavement in their prime. The instrumental part on “Gemini” is similar to Pavement’s “Range Life,” in fact. Unlike Pavement, though, Why? gets a lot of mileage from samples and effects that augment their rock-band base. But the production doesn’t feel digital at all, so the instruments and electronic touches both sound grainy, much like they do on Radiohead’s OK Computer.
Lyrically, Wolf remains as word-drunk as his hip-hop background suggests. Many of the lyrics here are guided by phonetics and imagery rather than by a narrative, and they’re often pleasantly whimsical sounding. Occasionally, though, Wolf sings something more pointed to suggest that what’s going on isn’t a Pavement- or Fiery Furnaces-style exercise in words for their own sake. “Yo Yo Bye Bye” seems to be addressed to a risk-taking lover with whom the narrator has a strained relationship: “We love and hate like the tattooed fists... We have to change if we’re gonna stay together / ‘Cause I say rain when it’s only a drizzle / You get stoned like death in the Bible.”
[...]
Pavement, Radiohead, Fiery Furnaces - these names aren’t as sacred to me as they are to some indie rock fans, but I’m still invoking them for a reason. “Gemini,” “Sanddollars” and “Yo Yo Bye Bye” are likely the three catchiest indie rock songs I’ve heard this year, and there are so many surprising twists in the melodies, time signatures, lyrics and production that I'll keep returning to these songs for months. Elephant Eyelash is a terrific rock record, especially for a guy who's known as an MC.
Lyrically, Wolf remains as word-drunk as his hip-hop background suggests. Many of the lyrics here are guided by phonetics and imagery rather than by a narrative, and they’re often pleasantly whimsical sounding. Occasionally, though, Wolf sings something more pointed to suggest that what’s going on isn’t a Pavement- or Fiery Furnaces-style exercise in words for their own sake. “Yo Yo Bye Bye” seems to be addressed to a risk-taking lover with whom the narrator has a strained relationship: “We love and hate like the tattooed fists... We have to change if we’re gonna stay together / ‘Cause I say rain when it’s only a drizzle / You get stoned like death in the Bible.”
[...]
Pavement, Radiohead, Fiery Furnaces - these names aren’t as sacred to me as they are to some indie rock fans, but I’m still invoking them for a reason. “Gemini,” “Sanddollars” and “Yo Yo Bye Bye” are likely the three catchiest indie rock songs I’ve heard this year, and there are so many surprising twists in the melodies, time signatures, lyrics and production that I'll keep returning to these songs for months. Elephant Eyelash is a terrific rock record, especially for a guy who's known as an MC.
By Charlie Wilmoth
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