Pause

Today's Music of the Day is Pause, by Four Tet. This album came to me by way of eMusic, on the heels of the wonderful Rounds.

As unfair as it may be, I have to compare this album to Rounds, at least a little. Pause is a fine electronic and instrumental work, one that has foreboding touches but that keeps from being intentionally ominous. It's a pretty good listen, maybe a little inconsistent - sometimes I'd like the tracks to be a little more aggressive. "Everything is Alright" is probably my favorite track on the album, and it's definitely among the more uptempo tunes here. This is less a criticism of the album and more a statement of personal taste - I tend to enjoy the songs that push the envelope a little more.

And to contradict myself, I'm listening to Low as I write this.

So, to sum up a review that barely needs a summary, Pause has a couple outstanding tracks but is okay overall; it's good, but no Rounds.

In Other News:
I have the next five days off. Woohoo!

Happy Thanksgiving. Maybe I will post some more after the break, possibly even during. I have my doubts, though.

Not Yet

Yesterday, I realized that I have a Four Tet album which I haven't listened to yet. This is a sad thing. I did listen to some of it while I was unpacking, but I didn't pay enough attention to it to justify a full review yet. Hopefully I will have this rectified by the end of the week.

This depressed me today, a little bit, as I thought about what a misplaced album means. As I acquire more and more music, each piece of it means a little bit less. This direction is not what I would prefer; while expanding and refining one's knowledge is admirable, it also means that each thing is too easily categorized and less memorable. I suppose I'll always have a few albums that I discovered for myself or picked up on a recommendation, and loved, but maybe that part of my life has come and gone. Who knows. Sorry for being all serious and such today.

I don't know that I have another music review just off hand, but I'll see what I can do.

In Other News:

YayBama. I wish I could have been out celebrating last night, or doing anything besides trying to sleep, but life rarely stops long enough for me to appreciate it.

I also found some Cadbury Creme Eggs this weekend, that I had initially stashed in my freezer some months ago. Needless to say, they're long gone now.

Rounds

Today's Music That Doesn't Suck is Rounds, by Four Tet. In addition to having one of the best band names I can think of in recent memory, Four Tet makes interesting music. It's almost completely void of vocals, sometimes electronic, always busy, never dull. Strings and piano are prevalent, drums show up as well, but other instruments/devices make cameos too. The music is neither as melodic nor as ominous as Mogwai, who I would probably consider to be a Four Tet peer in some respects. Four Tet is maybe a little mysterious though, just not full of the impending doom that some of the Mogwai songs I like are.

I guess you'd just have to find out for yourself; I don't know exactly what I would consider Four Tet to be good music for. Probably blogging about music.

In other news:
Today hasn't sucked, so far. It's only about halfway over though.