Next up Viet Cong - “Continental Shelf”. Number 87
This is a weird song. And like many weird songs, it sounds better on repeated listens than on the first listen. After a few plays it’s a bit less disorienting. The song is kind of patchy, its doing a lot of different things and a few of the transitions between them are abrupt and un-smooth.
It has a few moments that sound like a George Harrison Beatles’s song (not as good of course), a few moments sound like Bauhaus (not as good of course), a few that sound kinda prog rocky King Crimsonesque (not as good), and some kind of driving guitar rock moments.
I usually listen to the songs I’m reviewing for this blog on fairly cheap “on the go” headphones driven by a phone. I’m not using my real quality headphones plugged into my DAC and Amp and I’m not using my good speakers. Since a lot of people listen to music while subway commuting, or walking, or running, or while at work I think this is generally a test with good “combat realism”. After hearing this song, I really wanted to re listen to at home on speakers with good imaging that can really spatially separate the guitars. A song that makes you want to listen to it again and pay closer attention is succeeding.
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