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The Golden Filter are like a million genres on acid. Every single song seems to belong to a different style of music, every video seems even madder, and every-time the singer’s voice seems to change.
At first, it occurs to me that this isn’t music. I’m too used to filthy pop songs blaring out of tired speakers, telling me all the ways to fall in love again, and all the dangers. But then, this is none of these.
This is a rebirth, the beginning and the end summarised.
Some of the tracks, including ‘Solid Gold’ are reminiscent of Simian Mobile Disco, with an infectious beat that’s sure to confuse dancers everywhere.
Others hit the spot between the past and the present, combining old ideas into a new form, as if to create a future. ‘Voluspa’, the title song on their album is the best example of this. I’ve long searched for meaning in songs, and here my patience is rewarded. A whispering voice interchanges with a repeated base line, dying and fading, representing the combination of the beginning and the end. The song seems perfect for a horror movie, and each low vuvuzela-like moan seems akin to a wolf or creature of the night, and the atmospheric power, which it gains, is worth dying for in a world where the music industry is desperately searching for something new.
Every little note is perfect. The lyrics are almost irrelevant. All of the emotion, all of the power, is in the music they’ve created, and the voices change nothing. These songs have all the power of the ballads of the eighties, the opera’s of the 18th century, and the rhythmic drumming of tribal music, but are instead something different. ‘Memorial Day’ has an instant emotional draw that you can’t help but love!
VERDICT : BUY
Tour Dates, courtesy of Brille Records :
UK & EUROPEAN SUMMER 2010
LIVE PERFORMANCES
3 Jul - Flash Cocotte – Paris
9 Jul - Pohoda Festival – Slovakia
11 Jul - Oxygen Festival – Dublin
16 Jul - Arvika Festival – Sweden
17 Jul - Slottsfjell Festival – Oslo
22 Jul - Dog Day Disco at Paradiso – Amsterdam
23 Jul - Razzamatazz - Barcelona
24 Jul – Secret Garden Party – UK
31 Jul – Field Day Festival – London
31 Jul - Field Day After party DJ Set – London
- Published by tpark in: Music
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2 Responses to “The Golden Filter, The Golden Future”
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I like the music, well some of it, gold solid i think is the best. But the vocals are consistently weak in my opinion. They don’t sound that unique, yes the incorporate different sounds like Royksopp and Goldfrapp but they just seem to lend them and never make them their own.
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