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The one issue with two person groups, especially
when one is a keyboardist, is that songs often end up sounding
samey samey. I mean Mates of State certainly makes the most
of it, but the spiraling keys and echoey drumming – really the
only two instruments throughougt – tends to limit the range
of the entire album. That means that the two voices, male and
female, must substitute for all the other instruments that would
otherwise fill out the sound. They do it admirably on this album,
doing rounds and singing together and then apart and then together
again in a cute way that is by no means deep and penetrating,
but sort of skips along the surface. It’s like a conversation
set to music, which at times is dynamic, but at other times
kind of mundane, like any conversation. The melodies aren’t
strong here, and maybe aren’t intended to be, as it seems to
be more about the sound and the structure than it is hooking
the listener into the conversation itself. |
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