It's been four days, and I'm still trying to come down from the high that The Presets produced during their smashing set at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston on Tuesday. Seriously, they were fuh-nomonal. To my great excitement and confusion, I stumbled across a Presets track floating around that I haven't already managed to wrap my headphones around. Oh, what I've been missing!
In a word, haunting. Instilling unconventional vocals along with distorted '80's power synth sounds, Zeigeist just may be the new "it" group to lead their proudly pop-happy country to the top of the pop charts yet again. Chock full of unforgettable riffs and crisp electro noises from the year 2010, the band's album The Jade Machine is one long breath of Swedish electro bliss. Though many of the songs featured are undeniably similar to the output of fellow Swedes The Knife ("Dawn Night" is essentially "We Share Our Mother's Health"), the album retains an originality of its own within its more mainstream, digestable pop-electro sound. Sure, that's not always a better thing, but it certainly works for them.
There's even a hint of Goldfrapp hidden beneath the fragmented synthesizer, especially within "The Lake." "Wrecked Metal" might as well have come directly from the Depeche Mode back catalog, bouncing along with the original synth-band's familiar air of hopelessness, darkness, and pure sex. "Cuffs" is uncomfortably similar to Kelly Osbourne's genius pop-noir hit, "One Word," but I'll consider it a posthumous nod to the original. (No, she's not dead, but that career sure is.) I'm even getting some waves of The Presets every now and then while listening. This is an incredibly promising, incredibly exciting release, and I highly encourage you to check out their MySpace now and order the album. Make sure you check out their pictures as well. I don't know if they're promotional or actual lives, but the visuals of their performances seem epic.
It's quite difficult to track down a proper live, so enjoy this thirty second clip. I've no idea what's happening here (there looks to be some triangle lights, a giant dancing space creature, and Liza Minelli) but it appears they make for a rather good show.
I spoke about The Presets' new single "This Boy's In Love" yesterday. Now, I speak of "Talk Like That", an album track off of their stellar upcoming release Apocalypso. The song features an incredibly stutter chorus "ta-ta-ta-talk like that" that goes beyond the realm of addictive, Transylvania friendly organ flurries, and the incorporation of the phrase "tough titties." Sold yet? Thought so.
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DL: The Presets - Talk Like That
Australian-based group, The Presets, first burst onto the scene back in 2005 with their incredible debut album, Beams, a varied mix of cold vocals and skittish, grinding beats that garnered plenty of critical success. Well now they're back, and dare I say...better than ever. At least, that's what I'm thinking after hearing their latest single, "This Boy's In Love", to be released later this month.
First off, the accompany video is all shades of homoerotic, mainly consisting of two men wrestling in milk, while glitter falls all around the screen. Sounds a lot like my Saturday nights. But as for the song itself, there's much brilliance to be found. The sound is something more nostalgic and structured than their other releases, bringing Depeche Mode to mind. By the time the ghostly chorus kicks in, you'll be right on board too. The single comes at the same time of their second album's release Apocalypso on April 12, so give the song a shot and then research them madly.
Check out the video to their first single from Apocalypso, the increasingly addictive "My People".
Bradley
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