Search - Black Dice :: Beaches & Canyons

The waves, the waves.

Example: Mark Twain | 07/26/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

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hardcore/spazzcore/grindcore vets Black Dice weave an evocative sonic tapestry on this release, pummeling all of the primal energy and naivete of their early works into an album of ambient drift, psychotic panic, and stoned immaculate compostitions. from the sparkling, high pitched synths on the opening track to the emotional devastion of the last track, Black Dice make their instruments and effect pedals ebb and flow to create one of the best albums in recent memory.



i'm shocked that the otherwise terrible DFA (run by two shameless hacks who get critical praise cannibalizing rock history) released something that is not only this good, but this great.



fans should also check african head charge, godspeed you black emperor, steve reich's early works, remarc, virgin eye blood brothers, and linda perhacs."

Why is there not more music liek this????

Dr. Dyslexia | oregon | 04/23/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"even the other black dice albums aren't like this. this is such a good album. its nature and noise and new age and metal and brilliance.

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This is the way forward.

RobotMonster | Middle You Ess | 12/13/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

"(I'm posting this here because I accidentally placed my review for Beaches and Canyons under Black Dice's Creature Comforts album. No matter, both are excellente!)



After a few releases of great analog-wrecked noise madness and harsh reality, Black Dice have uncorked something incredibly fresh and welcome.



This is where Morton Subotnick gets to hash it out with Boards of Canada.



Really astonishing record, this. Timeless. And new. One of the 2-3 best things to happen in music this year if not the decade. It's a giant leap ahead of their peers into a new genre. Beaches and Canyons is endlessly more fascinating to listen to than any electroclash triphop drum'n'bass glitch postrock trance jungle techno you've heard. Plus it rocks more and surprises more than anything from those genres I am aware of. Too excellent. Wait no longer.



As highly recommended: Creature Comforts.

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