Author: Bows

Format: CD

Release Date: 24-08-1999

Details: Amazon.ca Jungle is built on one essential tension--between hyperspeed drums and half-speed bass lines. Bows' debut, Blush, gives the screw another turn, setting attempted Björk-like vocals, languorous strings, and slow-motion keyboards to jarringly frantic beats. It's like a 4 am dream, with a soundtrack by Roni Size. But there the New Forms comparisons end. Bows, the project of former Long Fin Killie frontman (and acclaimed novelist) Luke Sutherland, is an art project first and a dance-music crossover second. The emphasis is on mood, not momentum, and most of the time the mood is a barely articulated melancholy. That's no surprise coming from Glaswegian Sutherland; the "postrock" that Long Fin and Too Pure labelmates Pram and Laika made back in the day upended rock's rebel-boy verities, demoting its front-and-center aggression to background status and pushing its liquid substratum to the fore. Bows does the same thing to electronica traditions, producing an album that'll have you, to quote two wise men, dancing in your head and crying in your beer. --Jeff Salamon Product Description Bows' debut album Blush mixes moody trip-hop and jungle rhythms with guitars, orchestral arrangements, and the contrasting vocals of Signe Høirup Wille-Jørgensen and Luke Sutherland. Wille-Jørgensen's soaring soprano gives songs like "Big Wings" and "Overfor Kommer" an ethereal, icy sheen, while Sutherland-led tracks like "Blush" and "Troy Polenta's Big Break" have an earthier, jazzier vibe. Primarily instrumental pieces such as "It'll Be Halftime in England Soon" and "Sleepyhead" continue the dark, arty feel of the album by breaking symphonic washes of sound with dance rhythms. - AllMusic

UPC: 644918009023

EAN: 0644918009023

Languages: English

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood