With surprising haste considering the length of time between their last two albums, the supposed architects of post-ambient triphoptronic indie-trance are back yet again! The Alasko-Cascadian masters of music Shred Memory are back again, and they’ve brought yet another new album (though experts strongly suspect they have an extensive back catalog to draw from after so long out of the spotlight.)
Departing from their dip into experimental opera, Time Yet Again is a more traditional arrangement of tonal air vibrations commonly recognized as “notes,” played in a sequence that’s considered pleasing to most listeners and typically referred to as “music.” This latest venture is available on two HD-DVDs, each sealed permanently into an Xbox 360 HD DVD Player with no cables or instructions on how to use it. And it’s rumored that the band removed lasers from the drives to make cool toy phasers that can pop balloons.
Critics are universally loving Shred Memory’s return to form. The Portland Mercury raves “we’re still not feeling totally okay after the last one,” Polaris News writes “what the hell is an HD DVD anyway,” and the Seattle Times has replaced its review with a full-page ad begging Jenny Durkan to run for mayor again.
Disk 1
Dreary Inventory, Invalid Assessment
That’s A Bit Too Much Now
She’s So (Royksopp cover)
You Were Beautiful, I Was Unarmed
Five Hours (Deorro cover)
Wall-to-Wall Non-Stop Professionalism*
This Was A Mistake
Sone Musik (Deichkind cover)
To One Year In Particular
Canyon.mid (George Stone cover)
Fancy Seeing You Here
†WIN PΣ▲KS (†▼BF▼CK cover)
Weighing A Handful of Cashews
Sudden Realign
Superman (Goldfinger cover)
Disk 2
Masked in the Banh Mi Shop
Climbing The Walls
lol jk unless
The Stars Are Projectors (Modest Mouse cover)
Unnecessarily High Ceilings
Vergil
Out of My Head (CHVRCHES cover)
Summer Up, Simmer Down
The Ballad of Phineas Gage
Will You Dance? (Bird and the Bee cover)
This Guy Has Got To Get The Fuck Out Of Here
Dear Sergio (Catch 22 cover)
You Were A Lot Nicer Sixteen Years Ago
The Archivist’s Son Resigns Himself To Deletion
Reconstruct (Photay cover)