SYSTEM EXCLUSIVE - s/t LP
Castle Face Records.
“Often when music is constructed with synths and other electronically
generated sound makers, their level of exactitude and control is such
that the vocalist will either wittingly or otherwise seek to emulate the
relative artifice of the soundscape. This is often done to great
effect, think Kraftwerk. But what if there was a unit whose music was
synth-generated but the vocals were coming from a hot-blooded,
singing-for-the-cheap-seats approach? If done well, it’s a case of two
great tastes that taste great together, which brings me to System
Exclusive.
Their multi
genre/time period collision is like a car accident where all parties
walk away not only unscathed but sure they had a great
time, like two different recording sessions sharing the same space and
making it work. Vocalist Ari Blaisdell (previously of
Lower Self, The Beat Offs) co-exists excellently amidst the driving
beats and synth waves and her guitar further helps to jailbreak the
tunes from the often sterile entrapments that synths provide. Matt Jones
(previously of Male Gaze, Blasted Canyons, and continuing Castle Face
behind-the-scenesman)’s smart use of live drums bring great
juxtaposition against the machines. Ari’s irony-free sincere delivery is
the perfect closer on this very cool record, recorded ably by Enrique
Tena Padilla (Osees, Wand, Beach House) in their backyard studio
mid-pandemic and adorned with original artwork by Miles Wintner (L.A.
Takedown, Mr. Elevator, Devon Williams). If you don’t get this slab of
goodness, well, that act of non-compliance will confirm you as the
pain-in-the-ass that many have described you to be in great detail
during Zoom chats. How dare they! Prove them wrong! Reduce their snark
to mere pseudo-intellectual piffle! Your lifeline arrives in March. Grab
it.” - Henry Rollins
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