Pedals fulfills the immense promise of the Aluminum Group's previous recordings, largely dispensing of the derivative synth-pop detours which hampered the preceding Plano to concentrate instead on the lush, darkly romantic, orchestral arrangements distinguishing the band's finest work. Co-produced by Jim O'Rourke, whose own masterpiece Eureka the record most closely recalls, Pedals' grandiose designs become immediately apparent with the opening "Rose Selavy's Valise," a nine-minu...   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. Insound Staff Pick - 2008! Back in print on black vinyl. When they began playing together in late 2004, Andrew Hung and Benjamin John Power employed their cute arsenal of vintage Casios, toy microphones, FX Pedals and found percussion in the service of brain-scouring noise. Three years of increasingly assured live dates have seen the duo hone their compositional skills to a hypnotic effect, moving away from abrasive abstraction towards a carefully plotted, widescreen euphoria. Recorded with...   [ read more ]

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Insound Staff Pick - 2008! When they began playing together in late 2004, Andrew Hung and Benjamin John Power employed their cute arsenal of vintage Casios, toy microphones, FX Pedals and found percussion in the service of brain-scouring noise. Three years of increasingly assured live dates have seen the duo hone their compositional skills to a hypnotic effect, moving away from abrasive abstraction towards a carefully plotted, widescreen euphoria. Recorded with Mogwai's John Cummings and Part Chip's Tim ...   [ read more ]

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