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| Popmatters |
 There are several reasons why it is really hard to review a record by the Residents. One reason is that there is virtually no frame of reference other than, well, other Residents’ records. Another is that the Residents still value the sense of mystery with which the band is associated. Even a review copy of the latest release, Beautiful Eyes, is available by download only, it arrives by email and it contains absolutely no press release. The Residents have long liked it this way, so there has always been very little information, beyond the music itself, from which to form opinions.The 20 tracks on Beautiful Eyes are a lot like the band. They are mysterious, removed, utterly distant and unlike anything else you’ve heard. “What Have My Chickens Done Now” opens Beautiful Eyes with an atmospheric, almost Asian, meditative theme, which is calming even as it creates a sense of tension for what’s to come. “Pinkrosebuds” fills and fulfills that tension with a cinematic sense of scope while retaining elements of the initial theme. In fact, listeners will likely note the recurring reflective qualities of that theme persist and permeate the entire collection, sometimes in the guise of chimes, sometimes in watery sounds. Next, “Notchi” makes what might be described as paranoid progress before listeners find themselves sinking in a sinister cover of Bobbie Gentry’s “Ode to Billy Joe”. Yes, it’s weird, but it really works. “Inner Space” returns to the journey, as it were, perhaps revealing some of what goes on behind those Beautiful Eyes, if not what motivates those once hidden behind those eyeball masks. But then comes “Return to Sender, the Elvis song recited over ominous synths and a generic beat, and I’m not so sure if that one works. It’s just plain weird....full text |
| Blogswag |
| The Residents – Beautiful Eyes (2010) Electronic, New Wave, Noise | 320 kbps | 147 MB Track List 01. What Have My Chickens Done Now 2:47 02. Pinkrosebuds 2:04 03. Notchi 2:22 04. ode to Billy Joe 4:36 05. Inner Space 3:06 06. Return to Sender 2:52 07. Cold Metal Strikes a Soldier’s Bible 2:57 08. Forty four No More 3:37 09. Dreams 1:34 10. The Whispering Boy 3:03 11. Strange Culture cue 2 2:22 12. D of S 2:34 13. My Brother Paul 3:01 14. Day 11 2:51 15. Saturnalia (BINAURAL) 5:46 16. Bathsheba Bathes 2:49 17. The Black Behind 3:43 18. The Old Woman 2:24 19. VOM Theme 1:29 20. Available Piece 5:06...full text |
| Thetvrealist |
| There are several reasons why it is really hard to review a record by the Residents. One reason is that there is virtually no frame of reference other than, well, other Residents’ records. Another is that the Residents still value the sense of mystery with which the band is associated. Even a review copy of the latest Release, Beautiful Eyes , is available by download only, it arrives by email and it contains absolutely no Press Release...full text |
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