Thursday, September 1, 2011

BLK JKS "After Robots"

"Molalatdi" has great horns, and this driving beat, group vocals and lovely interplay between them, tempo changes, and it just sounds great. Starting of slow guitar shimmer, beat, and then a horn-y samba beat, percussive attack, nice guitar work, more tempo changes,and more which just makes you want to yell "Banna Ba Modimo," which ends on a great instrumental note the last half minute. I am currently on "Standby," as I listen to the slow crashes of the cymbals/light pounding of the drums and strumming , but once it's been three minutes they decide to make a change and return to the same pace as before at 3:54. How they can get home exactly at 3:54 instead of 3:54:02, I have no idea. "Lakeside" is nice for drums that like to play the high hat and surrounding fist-pounds and then go through a swag-rock groove solo at the last minute, instead of planning ahead. Hey sometimes the best plans can be made at last minute, but only some of them. I have nevver been too interested in "Taxidermy," nor in killing animals, people,or anything else for no reason, or at all, i mean seriously if it can be avoided avoid it, but this song has a nice percussive attack and reggae-stomp that make it so inviting to give it a chance. I'll listen to the song,but me alone for the practice. "Kwa Nqingtje" clocks in at 7:58, and gives the man 2 extra minutes of their own time, what nice guys! I do like hearing horns in music, and most of the time they just make it sound better. Ever felt like you were just lazy bones? a "Skeleton" of what you once were, a shell of...I think I meant to say..."Cursor" has this nice acoustic guitar, horns and beat which ha one hovering in mid-air, dancing? Those vocals sound good, and on top of that at 2:45 the song puts up a wall of sound for safety reasons and then blasts it open thirty seconds before the song ends with this hammer-pound. What was the point of the wall? "Tselane" is the final track which has bells, light strumming on acoustic, with heartfelt delivery, and xylophone or toy piano? If I Could Only Choose The7Best Tracks to place in a Time Capsule "After Robots" I Would Choose: Molalatdi, Banna ba Modino, Lakeside,Taxidermy, Kwa Nqingtje, Skeleton, and Cursor.                               

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