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Goes On
Goes On is nice indie rock comprised of pop hooks, noisy experimentation, and soundscapes of peaceful guitar playing. Of these, the emphasis here is on Matt Greens peaceful, clean electric guitar playing, which usually consists of slow tempo, chiming jazz chords. Goes On changes gears frequently. For example, note the transition from the tranquil Trafalgar Road to the rumpus-inducing cover of Serge Gainsbourgs Harley Davidson to the pretty ballad Going to Gainseville. Fortunately, these transitions dont feel painful or disjoint. In fact, although Matt Greens quiet numbers are always prettyand he certainly has a nice voicethe more rockin tunes help prevent the album from falling into lethargy. Goes On also takes some interesting musical turns, ranging from diverse, instrumental phrasings to weird machine noises. It Goes On and On, begins with Greens serene, clean electric guitar playing and soft vocals before introducing a scratchy and distorted electric-guitar harmony and a bluesy bass-line that dances around the music. Side b is a slightly faster paced instrumental rocker featuring strange computer noises (think the fuzzy bleeping and blooping of a telephone modem). The strangest noises, though, are probably found on the final track Narita Departures, a techno track (I dont know what else to call it) with a slowed down/sped up radio announcement that is constantly repeated over some funky electronic percussion. Overall, Goes On is an album that is pleasant in its soft moments for most of the album and nicely rambunctious in its noisier and more experimental moments.
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