el ten eleven review

“Besotted” is more electronically-intensive, a tinny aluminum object seems to be stretched and transfigured in upward and downward motions, all possible behind the vast and obscure panel of effects. Nothing forms but inchoately floats around in embryonic fluid with a certain listlessness. Logan Blake November 7th, 2020 - 9:00 AM. Over the course of the three albums, the duo’s intention has been to commit to music the experience of growing older. Alice Coote / Christian Blackshaw @ Wigmore Hall, London. Despite the occasional technical difficulties (“This only happens at sold-out shows, never at band practice,” as… There’s a teasing guitar riff that then is met with a replication of the same riff but in a higher octave as they vie with each other against dooming bass plucks and wallops. Not exactly head-down, hardcore scree, it’s more considered and grown up that that. There are a few different influences bubbling under the surface now, in the shape of Post-Punk (New Order, The Cure) and Post Rock (Explosions In The Sky and 65Dos). El Ten Eleven seem to be the newest of these bands and the tradition of talent remains true. I've heard good things about this, might listen to it in the not too distant future. Album Rating: 3.0Good album.

Past whatever reason the duo deliberately dared such a torpid album, they’ve eminently achieved it.

What has almost always lingered with these pairs is the tendency of many journalists to criticize with a lighter heart and be more likely to be astonished by their talents, a lot … “Shimmer” bolsters with an accomplished kind of contentment, exemplifying the upbeat and cheery facet of the band’s musical ordnance as the stripped-down melody correlatively interplays with feedback permutations.

That’s pretty much what Tautology seems to encapsulate from start to finish. Great review! Then comes a transition from the prolixity of sound, “With Report,” in which this entrancing, looping riff issues among feedback and harmonizing octaval guitars. “Moral Dynamite” has a strange warbling fax-machine-like monotone that’s also conceivable as a glitched ice-cream truck soundtrack against ambient splashes and bass blasts.

This section is a far more serene and experimental proposition. "My only swerving" is such a beautiful song, it's hard to think that there's only two guys in the band. It’s actually algorithmic more than anything. The growth of those services would be a consequential factor in introducing El Ten Eleven’s music to the world. For example, opening track Entropy isn’t a white hot blast of punk energy, it’s more brooding and guarded in its intent.

Tautology II has a comparatively more impromptu feel to it than the others.

El Ten Eleven got their name from an airliner called the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar. That’s not just a basic biographical fact about the Los Angeles instrumental rockers, it’s something that dictates much of their music’s appeal. Connie is fucking fantastic. Part I starts out exploring the teenage years and, as might be expected, it’s during this phase of the album the El Ten Eleven are at their most taut and angry. What does that mean? !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)? album reviews, live music reviews, interviews, features. Down to a level below wakefulness, drifting in and out of the hypnagogic state, it effects a sort of pseudo-senility like two of the song titles suggest–“Caducity” and “Senescent.” It’s incredible how accurately they molded the sound to fit the title in “Caducity,” it’s extremely sad and has the ability to touch people even through its rudimentary production. Their music, wholly instrumental, is densely layered and relies upon Fogarty's electric or acoustic drums and Dunn's doubleneck guitar. Well, imagine rock music as one knows it, pour acetone over its visage and then replace its atomic structure with a Play-Doh model of it. Shimmer wouldn’t be out of place on a My Bloody Valentine album, Nocture has Joy Division‘s DNA, and as the second part comes to an end with Growing Shorter, they’ve embraced post-rock, slowing things down, they’re ushering in the final part of Tautology which explores late life. Album Rating: 5.0Just saw them live for $12....money well spent, Bands: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z. Album Rating: 3.5Ya thanks, I wasn't sure if this was a part of the random album game or not, I was hesitant to submit this review. This site uses cookies to improve your experience. It navigates without destination or purpose, instilling either a lost or wandering sensation that then finds itself in the structure of the next song, “The Silent Bell That Rings.” Shy, miniscule strumming sidles in and is greeted by low bass notes resonating through the apertures while all effects are temporarily disabled, giving it a stripped-down feeling devoid of any decor. Since May, LA duo El Ten Eleven have been releasing a steady stream of albums under the Tautology name. Although the instrumentation is succinct and properly-executed, it doesn’t sound man-made. After a second part dropped in July, the third and final part arrived in September, meaning that it’s now possible to view/hear the Tautology project as a complete whole. The final stanza of the three-piece is significantly more toned-down and minimal, so much so that each track is comparable to a protracted sigh save an occasional ambient flourish or two to disrupt the monotony. The stretched-out dial-tone noise that frames the rest of the album first appears here and nearly every single track thereafter. Album Reviews: El Ten Eleven - Tautology.

Part I being full of piss and vinegar, teenage vim (and depression, according to Dunn), Part II fills out around the gut, ponders its lawn and settles into middle-age, whilst Part III puts the kettle on and wants to tell you about “her next door”. Album Rating: 3.5Don't be afraid to leave a comment. Judging from what I know about them from that album, you did well here. There’re no discrete emotional responses allowed; one’s psyche goes frenetic in trying to tether onto just some kind of emotion. Follow @mxdwn However few the emissaries of this newly-pressed genre may swim in the mainstream, El Ten Eleven offer the paragon to neophytes of the brand; and by the prolificacy of this project, they present an entire textbook of an abounding amount (nearly two hours) of subject matter to study in their latest triple full-length LP collection Tautology I, II & III. (Photo by Mark Caicedo) El Ten Eleven stopped in at Union Stage on a recent chilly night to perform their high-energy, post-rock/ambient melodies for an adoring, sold-out crowd. “Nocturne” could be what a couple musicians produce while sequestered indoors on a rainy day, indolent on the rain patter. Yet as Tautology III progresses, the ambivalence it evokes ossifies. El Ten Eleven is a duo. All rights reserved. Leyland Kirby’s six hour exploration of dementia Everywhere At The End Of Time under the moniker of The Caretaker for example was a truly harrowing experience. That’s pretty well reflected in that the anger evident in some of Part I has dropped away. El ten eleven is mind blowig! The first chapter in El Ten Eleven's new three-part musical journey seems to be written entirely in the third person and drained of all impulse for narrative twists. I'm glad this panned outThis Message Edited On 11.27.07.

Etymological mystery solved. I have Every Direction Is North and gave it to someone (Lewis, I think) for the random album game. They are calm, wondrous and meditative, and far nicer reflections on later life that might have been expected. El Ten Eleven got their name from an airliner called the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar.

Even when a heartbeat like pulse cuts through the shimmering drone of Caducity or the gentle guitars of You Are A Piece Of Me, You Are A Piece Of Her, it doesn’t feel ominous or worrying, it simply feels like the band is celebrating the wonder of life. After a second part dropped in July, the third and final part arrived in September, meaning that it’s now possible to view/hear the Tautology project as a complete whole. 'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs'); © mxdwn.com 2001 - 2020. It arduously gropes for humanity but gets lost in its own maelstrom of effects pedals, feedback and deprivation of voice, surrendering itself to more use of its familiar anemic composition.

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