Mouserocket--Water Recordings
Contaminated 2002
It's quite a feat to improve on greatness. Listening to the newest Mouserocket demo, Water Recordings, you'd never know it, though--they do so with such seeming ease. Over the course of fifteen tracks, Mouserocket further assert that they must be considered one of the most exciting and original bands known to mankind.
With Water Recordings, Mouserocket's style remains the same as on their previous demo. For the most part, this is synth-ified pop with an indie edge and is without equal. This music is at once fluid and fractured--reminiscent of past sounds, yet totally fresh. On paper, it looks contradictory but, to the ear, it's sonic prefection which makes perfect sense. The key difference in this demo from the last is an enhanced sound quality. Basically, what this means is that everything which was great before is even better now--subtle synth parts and other auxilliary instrumentation are now audible in mix, making already superbly textured songs jump out of the speakers with a lushness and sophistication that leaves you breathless.
This being said, a slew of new songs included with the reworked tracks ensure more to look forward to than just nicer production values when it comes to Water Recordings. There are several short instrumentals throughout this collection which are extremely nice, the highlight of which being the Thinking Fellers Union-esque "Night Stretcher." As far as vocal material, the best of the new songs has to be the lead-off track, "Missing Teeth." Absolutely perfect in every conceivable way, this song will burrow its way into your consiousness and refuse to let go--extra class points given here thanks to the inclusion of some flawlessly understated cello work. Water Recordings also benefits from the inclusion of "Darkest Hour"--one of Mouserocket's best songs, left sorely missing from the last demo. It's a synth-driven beauty of a song featuring Alicja's voice in its more subdued, dreamy sounding range.
It's hard to believe things could get much better than the previous Mouserocket demo (review here), but they have with Water Recordings. This is music of rare excellence. Someone really needs to get on the ball and properly release these recordings because people deserve a chance to hear this band. In fact, as special as Mouserocket are, it's a matter of utmost importance.
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