Sunday, November 22, 2009

albums of the decade - 60 Four Tet - Rounds


60. Four Tet - Rounds (2003)

It would probably be worth spending $34459374 on a new sub-woofer just to hear the vagrant and intricate majesty on show on Kieran Hebdens third record. It shimmies, scuttles and darts around on a grand journey. It creates order within a noisy disorder. It challenges the listener but not too much. It's simple and complicated. It's accessible, beautiful, consistent, funky, electronic, ditzy. It's nice to see him live with 5 laptops, going mental, eyes popping out of his sockets. Whenever I've seen him live, he's always worn the same orange polo-shirt, but I'm sure he has other tops, maybe they're just in the wash.

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