Fuck Buttons: Tarot Sport
November 3rd, 2009 by Chad Radford in Listening Stack
The second full-length from U.K. duo Fuck Buttons is an impressive shift toward accessible melodies without sacrificing the experimental grit of their ‘08 debut, Street Horrrsing. As such, it’s inappropriate to call Fuck Buttons a noise group, per se. Sure, they shun the verses, choruses and whatever else goes into what most people call songs. But the drifting rhythms and crystalline sounds in “Surf Solar” and “Space Mountain” lay out a blueprint for the group’s restrained ears. There’s nothing harsh about the album’s modernist industrial and math rock structures. Even as the buzz and mutant cut-ups on “Rough Steez” morph into obtuse beats, there’s a soothing quality to the clutter that reaches in through your brain, grabs ahold of your guts and tugs you along ever so subtly. (ATP Records) 4 stars out of 5
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November 3rd, 2009 at 11:37 am
I saw them in London last week and they sounded like Orbital (the Andy Weatherall connection has really brought out their techno side). Shame that noise kids can’t dance!
November 8th, 2009 at 9:24 am
I hope we’ll see a few votes for Fuck Buttons in the festive fifty this year. Vote for your three favourite tracks of the year at http://www.dandelionradio.com/festive50.htm.
Most important musical project in the universe. I’m playing ‘Space Mountain’ in my November Dandelion Radio show and Pete Jackson’s got ‘Surf Solar’ in his.