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ARTIST: Excepter
TITLE: Debt Dept
LABEL: Paw Tracks
GENRE: Avantgarde
BITRATE: 177kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 43m total
RELEASE DATE: 2008-03-25
RIP DATE: 2008-03-17
Track List
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1. Entrance 6:44
2. Shots Ping 3:35
3. Kill People 4:57
4. Any and Every 4:13
5. The Last Dance 5:08
6. Greenhouse/Stretch 6:53
7. Walking Through 4:30
8. The Night 3:48
9. Sunrise 3:55
Release Notes:
Excepter's own bemusing path through the murkier corners of whatever the noise
scene of the early 21st century is has likely frustrated as many fans as it has
entranced -- it's no surprise that they've ended up on Animal Collective's
label, and Debt Dept shows why it's a good home for them. Beginning with the
logically entitled "Entrance 08," an intentionally trudging number that actually
keeps up the pace, Excepter are again showing that the conventional way to mix a
song isn't the only one. Vocals here, as throughout the album, exist almost as
addenda to the songs -- not just background textures but not anything else
either, giving a sense of a series of dramatic recitations being heard from a
few doors over, evocative but not quite understandable. The song itself is a
perfect, lengthy statement of purpose with its up-front guitars and increasingly
stripped-down and focused drones -- get in or get out, the band almost seems to
be saying -- and from there Debt Dept explores a variety of takes on the basic
sound. While comparisons could be made to various no wave forebears, an
interesting analog -- suggested by songs like "Kill People," with its hollow
drum sounds and general murk -- would be the experimental side of early Bauhaus,
where such demi-instrumentals as "Untitled" and "Earwax" held sway. Meanwhile,
"Greenhouse/Stretch" is an actual death disco number of sorts -- or at least a
dance track for actual zombies, thanks to its core keyboard loop squelch --
while the concluding "Sunrise" (at least not counting the bonus track,
"'Burgers") is an honest to God rock epic in the band's own way, thanks to the
build of the verses and the way it feels more like an "actual" song as such, or
more accurately a more conventional one.
