CD Description
Bristol, England's Fuck Buttons followed up their acclaimed2007 single, BRIGHT TOMORROW, with their debut full-length,STREET HORRRSING. Previously labeled a "noise band," the group heard here is, while challenging, certainly more accessible: Players Andrew Hung and Benjamin John Power create warmand welcoming soundscapes carved out of repetitive, rhythmic drones and menacing synths. Produced by John Cummings of Mogwai and mastered by Bob Weston of Shellac, the album is mostly instrumental, though creepy screamo-inspired vocals weave in and out of songs, as tracks bleed from one into another and progress as an organic whole. Opener "Sweet Love for Planet Earth" sounds just like its name suggests: a suitable soundtrack for the exploration of a planet the natural beauty of which the players obviously hold in high esteem. In fact, STREET HORRRSING could be the perfect accompaniment to the last third of Kubrick's 2001: an aural journey over rainbow vistas and through clandestine caves, as yet undiscovered.