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Telescope Mind

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it seems the reviewer below doesn't know anything about Tussle. and maybe something worst, closed minded. it's not Tussle's mistake if your mainstream-stupid-mag called it tribal, 'coz for me it doesn't sound tribal at all (go listen OOIOO, Liars, or even Animal Collective if you want good-stuff-tribal-drum-sound). and don't judge too soon if you only have a little references.

Anyway, this album is one of my fav albums (and a must have) from 2006. After Andy Cabic left the band and become a full-time-hippie with his Vetiver project and team-mated Devendra Banhart's live band, Tussle's not dead. in this album their sound grows & improves even better. it's still less dubby and more spacious; the air that was clouded with reverb on their debut having been honed into a clear, sharp-edged rhythm instrument. it's kinda rare to find music so artsy & enjoyable at the same time like this. i agree with pitchfork who said their music can be described a bit like looking at a two-dimensional representation of a cube, as these two parallel realities, both equally valid, keep flipping back and forth in your perception. 2 drums, a bass and an electronica stuff played at their best sounds. sooo goood! really gooood!

A review of this CD in "DRUM" magazine wrote it up as being an interesting Phat Bass & Tribal Drum soundscape. Not true! This is a total waste. The bass playing is so amateur I had to laugh and the so called Tribal Drum sound is in fact just 4/4 banging on very crappy sounding cheap drums. I played the whole thing twice through and tossed in the "I got took and will never play this crap again" bin.