Guitar puzzles and bloody romantic epics from Seth and Michael (ex-Number One Cup). Dub mixes and pop reconstructions unfold with surgical ease. Cure-like vocals and Gang of Four/Wire guitars wrestle with 21st century medicine. Worlds away from their work with Number One Cup, Seth and Michael find their own voice on The Fire Show and shamelessly never look back. Recorded by Brian Deck, on a hot streak after producing Modest Mouse's the Moon and Antarctica and Orso's Long Time By. Brian gives the Fire...   [ read more ]

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The Fire Show called it quits soon after releasing this, their masterwork, Saint the Fire Show. They gave no specific reason for the breakup at the time, but listening to this album, one can guess that they felt they had pushed their sound to the breaking point, and there was simply no place left to go with it. Their only options were to disband or start repeating themselves, and they boldly chose the former. Jagged post-punk shards, implacable samples, bouncy funk basslines, desperately glowin...   [ read more ]

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Somewhere between Gang of Four, Les Savy Fav, and Autechere rests Fire Show. Beat-driven tunes, vocals with more personality than imaginable, electronic flourishes that flutter all over the place, and songs that are at the same time catchy and bizarre make this disc a must-listen, though its likely that most listeners will be wildly puzzled for much of its length. Above the Volcano of Flowers also benefits from a recording process that at some points seethes with tape hiss and at others is p...   [ read more ]

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