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GRIMES - Halfaxa

2010 (Arbutus)
dream-pop
by Michele Saran
5

La cantante sperimentale Grimes (al secolo Claire Boucher, originaria di Montreal) a fine 2010 realizza "Halfaxa", seguito del debutto "Geidi Primes". Un brano, "Intor/Flowers" (il dream-pop dei Cocteau Twins misto ai salmi di Enya e alle invocazioni di Kate Bush) fa da matrice e ripete l'idea una dozzina di volte, esplorando gli spettri vocali in lungo e in largo e lasciando le basi a un larvale stato di sottofondo amatoriale. Le intro sono le cose un minimo sperimentali, per il resto la derivazione e l'imitazione (la migliore in questo senso è "World Princess") rasentano l'insopportabilità. Vintage per il gusto di esserlo.

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14/03/2011

This article is an English translation of the original Italian text by Michele Saran, published on OndaRock.it. It was translated with the help of artificial intelligence, under the editorial responsibility of OndaRock's editor-in-chief, Claudio Fabretti.

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Tracklist

  1. 1. Outer
  2. 2. Intor/Flowers
  3. 3. Weregild
  4. 4. ∆∆∆∆Rasik∆∆∆∆
  5. 5. Sagrad Прекрасный
  6. 6. Dragvandil
  7. 7. Devon
  8. 8. Dream Fortress
  9. 9. World Princess
  10. 10. † River †
  11. 11. Swan Song
  12. 12. ≈Ω≈Ω≈Ω≈Ω≈Ω≈Ω≈Ω≈Ω≈
  13. 13. My Sister Says The Saddest Things
  14. 14. Hallways
  15. 15. Favriel

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