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Imperial Metric

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Very few albums have impressed me as quickly and completely as Imperial Metric, the first Appliance work I ever heard and still my favorite. Hauntingly beautiful soundscapes with lusciously etherial intelligence- perfect for watching the cosmos or divining the mysteries of life. This work's sonic expanse will take you there.

Appliance's second full length release moves the Exeter trio into darker electronic territory, a shift in many ways mirrored in the CD title, Imperial Metric, and the global imperative of the song titles: "Land, Sea and Air", "Comrades (In a Moscow Hotel)", "Navigating the Nursery Slopes", and so on. The tone here is ominous; even the instrumentals are menacingly hued. Lyrically the feel is post-cold war intrigue, technology infiltrated by the messy sensuality of human emotion.

I heard this playing at my local record store and picked it up then and there.This is a rock record that features some major electronic touches...most of the beats are electronically driven,and there are lots of keyboards...I hear a little bit of Spiritualized,some Charlatans,maybe some Echo & the Bunnymen...definitely inspired by prog-rock.Alot of the tracks have vocals,but there are a few excellent instrumentals on here too.It's not all spacy slow jams either...there a a couple of great driving songs.In fact I reckon this would be an awesome roadtrip record...test drive it yourself!