Füxa: Dirty D (Rocket Girl, 2013)
October 15, 2013 at 9:20 pm | Posted in Reviews | Leave a comment
Füxa: Dirty D
10th album from Detroit space-rock group, with more emphasis on “space”. Not as much vocals or guitars as some of their other stuff, but their albums can be pretty varied. Steel guitar legend BJ Cole guests on several tracks, and Britta Phillips guests on the album’s final track. Starts off with a lot of spacey ambient instrumental or near-instrumental tracks. “Shout Out Loud” is the first track with full vocals and beats. “Sun Is Shining” is a fun mantra-ish uptempo track with drum machines, lots of synths and THEREMIN, and a female voice repeating “see that the sun is shining, don’t let it burn your eyes in.” “Dirty D” is midtempo drum machine, moody synths, and constantly flickering electronic sound throughout the entire song which doesn’t change. “Forward” is a dramatic, lush synth instrumental, and “Razzamatazz” is a waterfall-like vibrant drum machine/synth instrumental. “Whisper” is an upbeat synth-pop instrumental with lots of squirmy, wavey synths. “Unknown” is one of the more guitar-driven tracks, but it’s still covered in pastel synths and drum machine beats. The final track is this album’s sedated pop cover, following their last album’s version of “Our Lips Are Sealed”; this time it’s a dusk-lit cover of “Stand By Me”, with Britta Phillips singing a bit of Linda Ronstadt’s “Different Drum” at the end.
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