Stationary Odyssey
"More or Less is More" CD
The
Great Vitamin Mystery
Genres: experimental rock, drone-rock, math-rock
TGVM
1757 Ware Ave
East Point, GA 30344
July 11 - 17 2005 |
Check your expectations at the door and drop right in. Stationary
Odyssey's More or Less is More is a strange ride, a
spaced-out seven track journey through expansive drone-rock and dreamy
math-rock. This is all instrumental, and it has a dark, mysterious
atmosphere; it's guitar music, for sure, but you'd be hard-pressed
likening it to "rock." There are hints of melody, but they
are kept subtle, under layers of sound - they only come out after
repeated listens. The album peaks at its impassioned math rock
climaxes, though the spacey atmospherics of the rest of the album are
also very well done. Opening track "The Singularity" appears
to be the most important piece on this disc; it's a lengthy journey
through peaks and valleys of sound not unlike GYBE! and Mogwai
(except not quite like them either.) Occasionally notable things come out
through the mix of sound. "Key to Vector Sigma" has a
strong, synth-based melody coupled with a gritty rhythm section; it is
criminally brief, but still a wonderful inclusion. The aggressive
guitar and percussion of "Uh" is a nice excursion, but
things really come together for the finale, "Aiming at the
Blur," which marries guitar and percussion with a nice keyboard
melody. Stationary Odyssey have created something strange with More
or Less is More, but hey - I like it.
83%
Matt Shimmer [Vitals:
7 tracks, distributed by the
label, released 2005] |
