UPC: 753907775020
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Release Date: Mar 22, 2011
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Few bands share the Legendary Pink Dots' talent for being so musically amorphous while remaining true to their own stylistic philosophy. The multinational Dots retain their patented weirdness--a mishmash of occultism, psychedelia, folk, devout Krautrock worship, faultless songcraft, and peculiar lyrical preoccupations--while retrofitting their darkly romantic synthpop designs with triphop beats.
In many ways, 1997's HALLWAY OF THE GODS evidences similarities between the Dots and the Tear Garden (a joint LPD/Skinny Puppy offshoot). Like the latter's TO BE AN ANGEL BLIND, THE CRIPPLED SOUL DIVIDE, HALLWAY gems like "On High" and "Sterre" frame a silvery, soothing voice over slithering brass and wistful woodwinds, with dub-charged basslines and scintillating acoustic guitars. There are synths in numbed down-tempo settings as well. "Harvest Babies" and "Destined to Repeat" mesh florid acid jazz with slow-burn psychedelic implosions. The exquisite "Lucifer Landed" suggests a meeting between Donovan, the Beatles, and Aaron Copland. Other tracks dip into Gary Numan-inspired automaton-erotica ("Mekkanikk") or peddle 4-D sensory overload ("Hallway," "The Saucers Are Coming"). HALLWAY is strong, intoxicating stuff, a feast for fans and a mind-opening experience for the uninitiated.
In many ways, 1997's HALLWAY OF THE GODS evidences similarities between the Dots and the Tear Garden (a joint LPD/Skinny Puppy offshoot). Like the latter's TO BE AN ANGEL BLIND, THE CRIPPLED SOUL DIVIDE, HALLWAY gems like "On High" and "Sterre" frame a silvery, soothing voice over slithering brass and wistful woodwinds, with dub-charged basslines and scintillating acoustic guitars. There are synths in numbed down-tempo settings as well. "Harvest Babies" and "Destined to Repeat" mesh florid acid jazz with slow-burn psychedelic implosions. The exquisite "Lucifer Landed" suggests a meeting between Donovan, the Beatles, and Aaron Copland. Other tracks dip into Gary Numan-inspired automaton-erotica ("Mekkanikk") or peddle 4-D sensory overload ("Hallway," "The Saucers Are Coming"). HALLWAY is strong, intoxicating stuff, a feast for fans and a mind-opening experience for the uninitiated.