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Droning Radiohead influence intertwines with gentle, violin-spiced dissonance throughout Lionlimbโ€™s โ€œTape Recorderโ€ album.

Iโ€™m a sucker for anything rock-leaning with violins in it, and much like my current fascination โ€œLittle Tybee,โ€ the many incorporated elements in Lionlimbโ€™s songs combine to beautiful effect.

Unlike Little Tybee, Lionlimb drift further out from major scales to satisfy our need for musical discomfort. The albumโ€™s first track โ€œCloverโ€ proves this quite clearly โ€“ going full-on Gentle Giant in its Baroque bout of madness towards the end.

Madness verges on malice nearing the end of โ€œMaria.โ€ A single key sets to chime like church bells in a chill. Thereโ€™s a desolate dimension to the bandโ€™s music that gives it all a Tim Burton-styled darkness.

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Droning Radiohead influence intertwines with gentle, violin-spiced dissonance throughoutโ€ฆ

โ€œStar Mangled,โ€ in particular, instantly brings to mind a tune entitled โ€œPatient is the Nightโ€ composed for mini-series Over the Garden Wall. Both are mellow with melancholy and a nearly meditative delight to listen to.

The albumโ€™s titular track โ€œTape Recorderโ€ is a solemn, piano-driven piece. The vocalist, by now familiar, breathes over the ballad, at times immersed in a sorrowful cloud of string portamento. All in all, thereโ€™s a Dustin Oโ€™ Halloran feel to it. At least, right up until it breaks off into a gallop of howling rhythm.

โ€œSwallowโ€™s Songโ€ is a bit too challenging for my taste โ€“ taking the experimental facet of the albumโ€™s sound up another notch. It plays like ghost music up until the end, where it does an about face into a more straightforward classical arrangement blanketed over rhythmic stabs as sharp as chip-tunes.

โ€œVelvetโ€ wraps the album up with martial energy. Itโ€™s big and bold as a marching band up to the halfway point, where it breaks down to a quieter, more unsettling composition before blowing away in a breeze of muted horns.

โ€œTape Recorderโ€ is a neat and extremely interesting album to experience. Itโ€™s likely to be quite unlike anything youโ€™ve ever listened to โ€“ shimmering with nuanced note choices and a delicate balance of melancholy. What are your thoughts?

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Lionlimb โ€“ Tape Recorder Reaction
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"Tape Recorder" is a neat and extremely interesting, albeit challenging, album to experience. It's likely to be quite unlike anything you've ever listened to - shimmering with nuanced note choices and a delicate balance of melancholy.
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