Six Modular Pieces [Import]

Appliance | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 20, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Phantom Sound & Vision
• ASIN: B00004THFK
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,693,578 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4.0 out of 5 stars New Electro Poineers, August 19, 2000

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WrtnWrd "Hankman" (Northridge, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Six Modular Pieces (Audio CD)

Beware the extended play! EP's are often ace single plus filler, or holding patterns for artists getting their follow-up songwriting in order. That said, there's the occasional model of consistency, utilizing the 20+ minute form to succinct effect (the best that come to mind are Pavement's Watery, Domestic, all the Belle and Sebastian EP's, and the B-52's early Mesopotamia). For a band like Appliance, the EP affords the space to extend, dabble in instrumental textures. Six Modular Pieces is exactly what it advertises - circular electronic atmospherics reminiscent of Fripp/Eno's No Pussyfooting, early Can, Sonic Youth in its more pastoral moments. Four of six tracks are instrumental; all are lyrical, evocative. "20 Minutes from the East" is a headlong rush towards arrival; "Derailleur, King of the Mountain" a leisurely canyon hike near a mountain stream; "Slow Roller" a steady, cruising steamroller. This Exeter trio is worth keeping an eye on.