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There's one tool in music that's drastically underrated, and that's silence. American post-rock trio Labradford are a band in thrall to the quiet majesty of near-featureless ambient music, and while El Luxo So is no replacement for a copy of Now That's What I Call Crazy Party Music! Volume 1, it does prove that there's some rare beauty to be found at the extremes of minimalism. And El Luxo So sure starts minimal: the six tracks are unnamed, the CD is unmarked, and "1" is little more than repetitive drone. But El Luxo So slowly evolves, adding sparse piano lines and sorrowful violin laments to the austere brew. It's a bravely melancholic album, certainly one of Labradford's best. And if such deep sadness can be communicated over an entirely instrumental album, perhaps it'll cause a few bad sixth-form poets to consider a change of hobby. --Louis Pattison
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On their fifth album, Labradford--a band already known for its sparse, dreamy soundscapes--tones things down even further. In approaching a more minimalist aesthetic, Virginia's favourite post-rockers drop the film-noir Ennio Morricone vibe that garnered unnecessary comparisons to Tortoise. Instead, there's a hushed, subtly electronic (it sometimes sounds like Pole's Stefan Betke is sitting in) feel to these six lengthy, untitled tracks that makes its predecessor, MI MEDIA NARANJA, sound like NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS. The increased use of space serves the band well, drawing the listener's attention to the sonic minutiae so vital to the band's compositions. Rather than a reduction, this process can be seen as a successful redefinition, especially on the third track, where the gentle pairing of piano with string section evokes a classical feel.
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