Scary World Theory

Artist: Lali Puna
Label: Morr
Category: Music

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Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 4015698055627
ASIN: B00005QE60

Release Date: 2002-04-25

Scary World Theory

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Tracks:

Nin-Com-Pop
Middle Curse
Bi-Pet
Contratempo
Scary World Theory
50 Faces Of
Lowdown
Don't Think
Come on Home
Satur-Nine

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Customer Reviews:

amazing album.......2007-03-02

I bought this CD on a whim about a week ago, and it's some of the best music of this type that I've ever heard. It's heavily layered, electronica-influenced "rockish" minimalism (similar to Boards of Canada, Metamatics, etc., but with a softer touch.) The lead singer's voice is beautiful, and the tracks are wonderfully crafted. The lyrics are often dark, but are delivered in a disarmingly playful way.

The title track is particularly good, but the album works very well as a whole. It's pop-ish and catchy enough to be comfortable for most people to listen to, but it's eclectic enough for serious music snobs as well. When I played it at a dinner party earlier tonight, everyone wanted to know what they were listening to; it was very well received.

moments of heart aching beauty . . ........2007-01-23

I bought Faking The Books first and dug it so much that I went out the next day and bought Scary World Theory. SWT is far superior than Faking The Books. Whereas FTB cranks up the live instrumentation, in particular electric guitars, SWT perfectly fuses a more acoustic sound with layers upon layers of the most sublimely crafted electronic beats, clicks, rhythms and heartbreaking melodies.

Standout tracks are:
Middle Curse, a little ditty about quiting your day job with a lazy guitar melody and a lovely clicky break in the middle that plays on the sublime melody.

Bi Pet, which has slightly ambiguous yet very catchy lyrics. It's when the lyrics are repeated for the second round that song really hits a downtempo electro groove.

Come Home, which starts off sounding like someone accidentally dropped the needle on a record right in the middle of a warped piano melody. The break in the middle with the hiccuping vocals gives me goosebumps.

This is an amazing disc. I haven't stop listening to it since I bought it. A must have.

Unique sound, better than "Tridecoder".......2003-06-25

This is minimalist clicky beats, with quiet synth melodies. Most of the songs have vocals, all original and sung by a female member of the band in a sighing sort of voice with a German accent.

I bought Lali Puna's first release, "Tridecoder", when I originally discovered the band. I like this album a lot better. The overall sound is cleaner and pleasant to listen to. A few of the tracks, including "Bi-Pet", "Scary World Theory", and "Don't Think" are actually quite catchy and are stuck my head.

If you are trying to decide whether to buy "Tridecoder" or "Scary World Theory" I suggest ordering this album. It is only available as 1-2 week import, but it is much better and worth the wait!

Just fantastic.......2002-11-25

Just saw them live last night here in san francisco and unlike so many (electro clash, downtempo or whatever label you choose) bands they actually pull it off and wonderfully. So I picked up Scary World Theory and it is both inspirational and just great to hear kids out there not only holding the torch but making it their own. A must have.

pure electronic downtempo with no jazz!!!.......2002-09-21

if you didn't hear tricorder or scary world theory yet and you listen to downtempo such as boards of canada, venus hum,park avenue music, or ladytron, you need this. both of lali puna's first two albums are excellent downtempo electronica, song/lyric-based rather than trancey or hypnotic-based (such as pan sonic, tosca, kruder and dorfmeister, etc.)

all the tracks are great. #3 bi-pet is just amazing.

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