Broadcast - HaHa Sound (Warp,2003)LAME -V0 (vbr)
Includes: Front cover
The first comparison Broadcast is usually subject to is that of Stereolab (whose own Duophonic label released "Living Room", one of Broadcast's first singles) due to their similar experimental/psychedelic breed of electronica, and there's a few good reasons for that. Several tracks to me sound like a blend of Silver Apples and Stereolab, and it's actually pulled off pretty well. Throw in some deadly beautiful singing courtesy of Trish Keenan, and you've got their own version of Lætitia Sadier.
Normally I tend to skip right over just about everything labeled with "Electronica", but after seeing it listed in B-Music's "A-Z Essentials", I had to give it a shot. Not to mention that the endorsement was from Andy Votel himself:
"Angelic vocals float over honey-coated basslines, and aero-light drumbeats punctuate digital distortion and musique-concrete tape loops. This is how Birmingham's Broadcast create some of the most painfully authentic 60's psychedelia this side of the millennium while still turning out some of the most melodic, contemporary pop music of our time. Imagine a young Ennio Morricone conducting the Radiophonic Workshop at Andy Warhol's 'Exploding Plastic Inevitable'."
Favorite Tracks: Pendulum, Man Is Not A Bird
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