Thursday, December 5, 2013

Albums of 2012 - 16. - John Talbot - fIN

16. JOHN TALABOT - FIN
This guy is based in Barcelona and this debut electronic album is all over the shop. All over the house. Take "Oro y Sangre" for example, the screams are there; it's sinister haunted-house for halloween. The Balearic feel to opener "Depak Ine" is very different. Talbot follows the Animal Collective inspiration of sampling crickets and brings beanbag-house for starry nights.

Other standouts include rhe old-school style of "When the Past was Present" and the scuba-deep "Missing You." The commendable thing here is that the styles don't jar; they gel. They don't stutter or splutter; the melt together like butter. John Talbot has the potential to become one of the best electronic acts and DJ's in the world without ever being a commercial cuntwolf of a punk.

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