Pylon Reenactment Society
Magnet Factory
Uncut 80点相当
自動翻訳で、「パイロン再現協会」と出てくる通り
過去の Pylon というバンドがらみ。
2024年の音という意味では、新鮮味はややないが、
Pylon らしさも十分で、内容的には渋い作品。
Pylon Reenactment Society is the new project consisting of Hay on vocals, Jason NeSmith on guitar, Kay Stanton on bass, and Gregory Sanders on drums. Their debut record Magnet Factory arrives on Friday, February 9. Seeing Hay return to the studio is a celebratory occasion and the 11 songs featured on her return are an amalgamation of the time spent not recording, the memories of early Pylon, and spurts of artsy punk. Magnet Factory plays like a playlist, a collection of ideas held together by Hay’s vocal range and passionate songwriting. While Hay sounds great, there is an air of confusion among these songs. It sounds like Hay was stuck between what she wanted to make and what she thinks we want to hear. The results? An album with very high highs and crashing lows that somehow come together to make it all work out, for the most part.
Hay bounces between off-kilter melodies that harken back to her Pylon days. A welcomed trip down memory lane as she displays her magnificent range of honed arrangements. While her vocals sound as good as they ever did, when placed against far less syncopated arrangements it forces these songs to sound a bit jumbled. Directionless isn’t the word, these ideas are well thought-out, and moments like the single “Flowers Everywhere” and “3 X 3” are great examples of Hay’s signature vocals put against frantic instrumentals. The uniqueness of her range is not lost on this album as she navigates a plethora of tones and tempos and delivers avant-garde melodies that scoff at complacency. It could be argued that her range is so wide and powerful she doesn’t need to deploy such artistic melodies. The melodic phrasing on songs like “Boom Boom” feels a bit forced considering “No Worries” has one of the most left-field hooks on the album, and it works beautifully.
偉大な功績を残しているPylon のフロント
Briscoe Hay の新しいプロジェクト
202402推し 準推し