41. THE CHROMATICS –
KILL FOR LOVE
“Okay here in my lecture I’m going to talk about active and
passive listening with music. Active listening is when you stick on an album
and are all over the songs like cream is all over blancmange. The listener actively
talks about his favorite songs to others. There are peaks and troughs and a
load of sauce, think Action Bronson, the chef turned rapper who you’ll see feature
elsewhere on this list.
Passive listening, on the other foot, can be applied to this
album by The Chromatics. They have a Drive
mentality, as per the movie. Long journeys. Comfort in sound. If it was a
dessert it would be a massive bottle of water. Maybe not particularly memorable,
but vital to get you through the day and night. In fact it’s so coherent, a bit
like this speech. Think electro and slow ballads and many orchestral moments
over a 90 minute cruise down the road. Captivating. Like a semolina."
Professor Bolognese
---December 2012---
BEST PLAYED: When
driving .
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