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MH-254 Boy In Static - Violet  Violet is Boy In Static’s follow up to the 2005 Alien Transistor release, Newborn. While Newborn was a collection of songs meant to conjure images of a half-waking dream, the music on Violet invokes a feeling of the morning after. Violet is developed using a broad palette, with more than fifteen instruments being played directly by the artist. Boy In Static is in perfect stride with his bedroom-electro-ballad aesthetic, building on his fuzzy brand of hushed dream-pop with a timely maturity. Striking a balance between organic song structure and intricate computer-based processing, Boy In Static’s lush vocals and mature songwriting distinguish Violet from a sea of other indie-electronic releases. |
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| This comes highly recommended as one of the finer releases in the world of indie electronics - BPM / Boy In Static has crafted a true mood album, a sonic dream that everyone should experience - Performer / Takes a simple color and turns it into a masterpiece - Urb / An impressive one-man symphony - The Boston Globe / Left me in awe - Re:Up |
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| Violet follows up on Boy In Static's delightful Alien Transistor album, and finds Alexander Chen's sound moving on in leaps and bounds. This collection of electronically enhanced pop songs genuinely sounds as if the bedroom introspection of that debut has burst at the seams, becoming the shoegazing dream-pop epic Boy In Static always threatened to make. The album features a liberal use of strings, piano and rough electronic beats all wrapped-up in a gorgeous electronic package that really gives Chen's compositions an edge. Clearly Fennesz is an influence from a production point of view, but Chen is equally prone to going further back in time, drawing parallels with Jesus And Mary Chain and My Bloody Valentine. Sterling work - highly recommended. - Boomkat |
