Label: Twisted Knister – knack 003
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Remastered
Country: Germany
Released: Nov 11, 2011
Genre: Electronic
Style: Abstract
Back again - surely for the last time? OUR ANTHEMS, the joint project of Scott Foust and Karla Forecky (ov Idea Fire Company / Swill Radio) and Mike Popovich as The Pickle Factory.
Much like the eponymous brine-cured food item, it’s a record that continues to better with age. One of those we pull out every few months and unanimously all agree is excellent and has unfairly remained well under most people’s radars since its 2010 release. It rolls out as 12 succinct, inventive yet cooly retrained instrumental vignettes, each unique with their own charm and subtly anthemic qualities. The stripped-bare / dub-wise sound of golden-era UK post punk feels like a heavy inspiration - Dome / P’o, etc - in-fact opener Siege Engine wouldn’t sound out of place on the A.C Marias LP, whilst ‘Monument’ employs a sloww strafing bassline against quivering synths for a loungier effect. All subtly weird without overdoing it. Borecky’s plaintive vocals calls on Whorl plunge us down to the deepest point on the LP, recalling some deeply zoned of Motion Sickness Of Time Travel, coming up for air on the shimmering, almost uplifting a-side closer Compass. Just so, so good. Not got many! (Mint / New - deadstock)
Tracklist
A1 Siege Engine
A2 Swinger
A3 Whorl
A4 Take Out Pistol
A5 Update
A6 Free Thinker
B1 Compass
B2 Cipher
B3 All Hands To The Pump
B4 Captains Of Industry
B5 Monument
B6 The Drinker
