Friday, April 24, 2009

The Vanish

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Whoever said don't judge a band by its name should've invested more thoughts into his theory, because nowadays a band's name is pretty much the first tip to its brilliance. The Vanish sounded like band I'm bound to gluttonously consume and that is exactly what I started doing the minute I put their tricks to the test.

A fascinating sound flaring with rich velveteen bass and powdery synth only 70s porn-movies themes appropriately preserved for a generation aesthetically accepting couture shows in neon lit arcade halls and funerals at dinosaur exhibitions in museums.

Indie-Electro-Disco-Pop-Dance-House or whatever this spell is called, I'm stalking them this year and to stop me you'd have to shoot me.

The Vanish - Hold On
The Vanish - Heartbeat
The Vanish - I Don't Speak French

The only down side to The Vanish is the presentation, their press shots takes a chunk out of the brilliance where it portrays them as a young version of an electro amesh Blues Brothers, When their music and name bring to mind arty images of triangles, crystals, clatter of objects and bizarre surrealism - sort of like the first Presets album cover or the Yacht current imagery. I think they are one step away from perfection, my advice: invest in a good photoshoot with a proper price tag.

The music is deliciously irresistible, the presentation... not so much.

14 Say Somethings.:

Anonymous said...

ooh la la

Get A Hud said...

meuseums
spelling FAIL

I Don't Speak French
song WIN

Anonymous said...

really funny that you mention their imagery. that was the first thing that struck me...how cool that photo was, not sure how you see it as bad presentation at all...think you are off on that criticism completely.

COULSON said...

Wow Faisal, you were a bit slow on this one. Electrorash had this AGES before you.
Even I blogged about them before you!

leon@FE said...

at Coulson- who gives a shit
at faisal,

i dont speak french is tight!!!

El Campion said...

yeah who cares. really.

i personally like heartbeat and hold on, but french has a cute vibe.

Too Many Sebastians said...

Yeah Ohh Crapp you teh sux0rs. I blogged this last year. :-P

YOU FAIL! I HATE YOU AND YOUR BLOG!!! EVIL BLOGGER IN YOUR EVIL BLOGGER LAIR, EVILY BLOGGING MUSIC.

Ahem.

I thought "I Don't Speak French" was the weakest. Heartbeat is where it's at.

Faisal Jehan said...

^^ whoever pointed out the photo, i actually edited it to make it that way, changed colors and added the V.. you'll have to look at the other photos in their press release to understand.

But really, their music is what matters.

& yeah I do realize i posted this later than most blogs but just coz others did doesn't mean the whole world have seen their post & downloaded it. ;)

Anonymous said...

the mediafire file of i don't speak french isn't working. make it better?

leon said...

fuk I just found it now and I love it, so screw you first'ers

Anonymous said...

U2 - A class! A good remix. Thanks!

Anonymous said...

omg i love it. thank you so much. and don't mind about the [stupid] haters!!

Dave said...

anybody got the lyrics of Heartbeat? aaaaaaaaargh halp!

Joseph said...

ya the graphics remind me of van she...

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