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I'm certain I've done this before...

Cody Frederickson | Lynnfield, Massachusetts United States | 03/20/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Street Horrrsing is essentially one long trip. Every track bleeding into the next seemlessly (unless you're using a crummy music player which automatically puts a pause between each track, like I am), and from the opening notes of hope in Sweet Love for Planet Earth, you find yourself wading into an endless ocean of sound. The water getting deeper and deeper the further in you go, dragging you down and enveloping you completely before you even realize it. The occasional spot of brightness trying to rip through the all the noise and fear, but ultimately losing out to the darkness. But then finally, a light shines as you reach Bright Tomorrow, easily the most accessible track of the album. It grabs hold of this one little synth hook and doesn't let go, instead letting it build and build until there is just too much for it to support itself and it finally explodes into a fiery ball of distortion, noisy fuzz grinding away with the I'm-being-murdered screams pleading to be heard through it all. It's like a hand to grab hold of to pull yourself up from the depths, a hand that pats you on the back afterwards and makes you smile and think that you're going to be fine , before it pushes you back into that deep dark as it swells towards it's climax and finally gives way to the album's final track, Colours Move. By the time it begins, you're left flailing about madly in the waters, unsure of what exactly awaits you. The droning distortion is soon undercut by an almost tribal drumbeat which is soon joined by another cautiously optimistic synth part. Maybe you're really going to make it? The haunting, inhuman cries from the second track, Ribs Out, jump in as well, followed soon after by that ever-present screaming, and it all comes full circle. Everything sort of starts to make sense, you feel like you're a part of it now, and not a victim of it. And then it all cuts out and you're left with the sound of sunlight dancing on water until it just stops.

Then it's over. And you're left rubbing your eyes from the sudden burst of daylight, wondering "Did I just survive that?"

"

A late-night brooding classic

Shadowgraphs | 05/26/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This just might be the ultimate drone album. The sound mixing is near-flawless. Each track contains plenty of layers, giving you a good assortment of cool-sounding noise to chew on. The "songwriting" (...although I hesitate to call anything here a "song") is also very strong for this kind of music; everything seems very deliberately arranged rather than a collage of random noises. Also to their credit, F*** Buttons manage to keep things musical for the most part, although there are the occasional bouts of tribal drumming and screaming over distorted sequencer loops. Even though these guys use nothing but keyboards and drums, there is a very definite doom metal vibe. I feel as though they're going for the same kind of effect Neurosis, Isis, and Jesu try for, but with a different instrumental arrangement and generally better mixing.



The best song on here is "Sweet Love for Planet Earth," which grows from a bell chorus reminiscent of Sigur Rós circa "Takk" to a thundering din of reverb and screaming. The whole album is great, though, and bleeds together into one big song. Recommended for anyone who likes long, droney songs that focus more on sonic texture than anything else. This is not "background music," though. You might want to listen to this in a setting where you can really focus on the sounds. Overall, I'd say this is the best release from '08 I've heard so far... and that I will be watching F*** Buttons' career with great interest."

Great Show at SXSW festival in Austin

Jose I. Toro | Waco | 03/19/2008

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Great , entertaining, surreal. The show was groundbreaking for any eardrum. I'll post another review after i listen to the album. But man the sounds were just amazing."