Tape and Light, 2nd Effort by Status Frustration

I have a good memory for bands. I’m not bragging; just saying it like it is. It’s a burden sometimes, actually. Say you meet a friend of a friend at a party and she’s in a band. Of course I’ve heard your stuff, you say. And then there’s this awkward pause where the ‘it’s good stuff’ should go and she realizes that you don’t like her band. It’d be easier if I just didn’t remember the band. Or if I was good at lying.

My friend sent me some .tape.–”dot tape dot” according to the CD spine, or “punto tape punto” according to the myspace URL–tracks back in 2002. They were good but sort of got lost in the shuffle over the next years. I hadn’t heard about them or seen anything about them since until his album came in to KZSU a little bit ago.

Not for playing at a party or dancing to; this is music that’s more suitable to listening to on headphones while the scenery rolls by on a train. It’s glitchy, sometimes quite atmospheric sample pop and it’ll probably draw comparisons to Four Tet or the Books. It’s quite pretty.

.tape. – Rosa Luxemburger (mp3)

.tape. – Rounded Tree (mp3)

The album, Tomavistas: Selected Rarities 2002-2007, which came out last year, is available from insound.

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