Chevalier Avant Garde: Resurrection Machine (Fixture Records, 2013)
September 22, 2013 at 8:44 pm | Posted in Reviews | Leave a comment
Chevalier Avant Garde: Resurrection Machine
For some reason, I was expecting this to be more coldwave/minimal-synth, and while it is some sort of dark, chilling electronic pop, the melodies remind me a bit more of early Magnetic Fields, but obviously without as sharp lyrics. The vocals are shadowy and androgynous, and there’s enough guitars to make this feel closer to indie/pop than electronic music. Lots of short, mysterious ambient interludes, which feel like weird transitional scenes (with “Return” and “Nothing Between” being odd detours into early house music). “It Was Me” starts out really obscured and ominous, but ends up with a murky 4/4 beat and plastic synths, and breaks a couple times for a piano part that sounds like that “Walking In Memphis” song. “It Makes Me Crawl” is suitably creepy and low-to-the-ground. As dark and gloomy as this album seems, there is some optimism in here, with the lyrics of “Killing Fields” admitting that “you are the comfort of my soul”, before drowning in dripping water-like synths.
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