Networks Circuits Streams Harmonies

Networks Circuits Streams Harmonies Artist: Burnside Project
Label: Bar/None Records
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 032862013829
EAN: 0032862013829
ASIN: B00007J4TH


Release Date: 2003-01-21

Networks Circuits Streams Harmonies


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Tracks:

  1. He Never Knew The Benefits Of Caffeine
  2. Cue The Pulse To Begin
  3. Assessing Your Performance
  4. Heavy Mettle
  5. Tilt-A-Whirl
  6. Only Ordinary
  7. Repeat After Me
  8. Quija Case File 113097
  9. Around The Rabbit
  10. But I'm Alive
  11. Foreign Exchange
  12. Outside Tennebrae
  13. Roll The Credits

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Album Description

The network, the circuits, the streams, the harmonies is Burnside Project's recording debut and it couldn't have come at a better time. It features "Cue the Pulse," the new theme song for "Queer As Folk," sure to be a dance floor hit in the summer of '04. Burnside Project have reshaped vintage beats for their own '80s influenced music that's a collection of midnight confessions from a dark corner of the dance floor.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Stellar alt-rock album.......2003-08-23

Take Yo La Tengo, mix in a bit of the Coral and a dash of electronica, stir thoroughly, and you will have Burnside Project's "Networks Circuits Streams Harmonies." It's indie rock for those that have stayed up too long into the night and are making brownies in the dark.

Kick it off with the blipping, string-laden "He Never Knew the Benefits of Caffeine," followed by the frantic, controlled "Cue the Pulse To Begin," the mellow percussion-led "Assessing Your Performance" with its shimmering chorus, the offbeat electronica "Heavy Mettle," the charming "Only Ordinary," catchy pop "Foreign Exchange," solid rock "Outside Tennebrae," and whimsical (sixteen-second-long) closer "Roll The Credits."

In general, those influenced by bands like Yo La Tengo end up having the electronica without the rock. Burnside Project has both; the best description I can come up with is electronica used to form rock music. The strong guitars (reminiscent, to me, of Pavement) and varied percussion keep these songs from going into the stratosphere.

The blipping, ever-present electronica gives the rock music a slightly whimsical edge, and keeps it from being TOO grounded. The vocals are mellow, softly sung and often overwhelmed by the music, which flows and roars as the song demands. And the song lyrics have a slightly surreal edge, although that might be the delivery more than the actual words.

Futuristic rock has never sounded better than "Networks Circuits Streams Harmonies," a refreshingly unique, deeply enjoyable album with its own distinct style.

5 out of 5 stars

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