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PERSIL - Snap Crackle Pop EP
Label: Star Harbour Records
Released: 25th
March 2002
www.persilmusic.com
Played conventionally and this record is total arse. It takes no form, heading
off in no particular direction, only succeeding to maintain a sub-quality
Stereolab style with female vocals over a lackadaisical synth-dominated
backbeat. Finally, the lets-play-with-the-stereo-effect from the drum machine
screws up my ears. However, play the record in reverse, starting with track
four, a glorious cover of Wedding Present's "Kennedy", and everything comes
together. This is great, and everything makes sense, from the flirting
introduction of a guitar to the primarily electronica-based wishy-washy ness.
This record is now ace for the same reasons it was crap before: "it�s good
because it's so bad". My ears, now accustomed to the off kilter production, no
longer complain and all it took was a moment of Gedge-via-Amsterdam genius.
7/10,
Dave Sugden
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