The Russian Futurists
The Russian Futurists (aka one-man indie pop orchestra Matthew Adam Hart) make lo-fi, bedroom recording into an art form. Hart, who hails from Eastern Ontario, Canada, drew rave reviews, as well as comparisons to Magnetic Fields and the Flaming Lips, for his 2001 debut album The Method of Modern Love, and won fans such as R.E.M.'s Peter Buck and former Blur guitarist Graham Coxon in the process. Hart's ability to make the cheapest production quality sound lush and expansive was put to the test on 2003's Let's Get Ready to Crumble, which h...[more]
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The Russian Futurists sound like they're going to be a giant, unwieldy post-Sputnik band, but it's actually just one Matthew Hart -- a young post-grad making poppy, heartfelt music on his keyboard and drum machine. "Let's Get Ready to Crumble," the follow-up to his debut album "The Method of Modern Love," tackles similar issues (love, relationships) and has the same low-budget, lone-gun quality. As The Guardian wrote, it "...bursts with electronic pop joy and a sense of wonder worthy of The Flaming Lips."
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The Russian Futurists are back with their 3rd and best record chock full of Brian Wilson meets New Order Hip Hop Pop. Comfortingly familiar and yet a quantum leap beyond it's predecessors, Our Thickness bears all the hallmarks of Russian Futurists recordings -- insinuating melodies, ingeniously grand low-budget arrangements, insightful words and loves lost and found -- but is fuller, wiser, sadder and giddier than before. The Russian Futurists are poised to become a household indie name in every maj [ read more ]
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