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“If music be the food of love then we seem to be spending more and more time stuffing ourselves with KFC. Maybe it’s about time we sampled some of the more organic goods that The Shadow Project have to offer…â€
– Erica Dupuy, Boomerang Magazine
…This is not to say that The Shadow Project are all vegetarians. Hell no. In fact, only 16% of these little fella’s avoid sloppy bacon sannies. However, this does mean that they don’t sound like Razorlight (nor any other such Brit Award nominated tripe of the moment).
Maybe it’s just The Shadow Project’s innate ability to fabricate some of the most spine-tingling, beautiful and euphoric electro post-pop rock that it seems scandalous to avoid granting them international success. A band trying to be interesting, different and still be succeeding in retaining a melody worth listening to?! Holy Radiohead, Beck and Guillemots Batman!
Sure, there are tonnes of bands out there trying to make it big without rummaging through the Cream / Zep / Stones / Beatles / Clash / Roses cupboard. So what is it then that sets this band apart? Well for starters, they’re actually good (always a bonus). No wait…they’re not good…they’re spectacular. Their music blips, crunches, stutters, refrains, explodes, engulfs and after simmering into silence, blows your mind. Similarities are often drawn to the doom rock of Mogwai or the chimes of Explosions In The Sky but these are lazy comparisons and miss the point. The Shadow Project lure the listener into a world of subtle beauty, souring emotion and intense noise which unlike their contemporaries always retains an instantly accessible edge and pop sensibility, an indie anthem moment of perfection which laces every riff, hook, drum machine, and fuzzy synth. They bring electronica, hip-hop style samples, walls of layered vocals and dance groove funk. They bring the post-rock party and having already played with the likes of Hot Chip, Mumm-Ra, The Longcut and Yndi Halda, it seems their time is fast approaching.
A six piece from the tractor trodden plains of Suffolk called The Shadow Project might just be the next Pink Floyd. In new music we trust? I trust The Shadow Project with my life.
Jason Donavan - 2007
Buy online at the following destinations -
www.play.com
www.amazon.co.uk
www.hmv.co.uk
www.nrone.co.uk (Includes international Purchases)
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