Seb Roberts - Exit Strategy
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I think its fair to say that with Exit Strategy, Seb Roberts relishes in taking you by surprise. The album begins laid back and ambient, building up and then winding down, before the track changes and you are struck by insistent drums and hypnotic guitar loops. In fact as the album goes on, the feel and timings of the instrumental parts move right through the spectrum between Ambient, Psychedelia and Heavy Rock.
As a Canadian living in Germany who, until recently, played with Japanese psychedelic band NO; he gets around and consequently so does the content of his music. I’d been thinking that the rambling, almost detached, vocals reminded me of Hunter S. Thompson or Nick Cave but then I hit the second half of the album and (for two tracks at least) the approach and feel changed before rounding back to a place where Zappa wouldn’t feel uncomfortable.
There are a lot of complex and clever parts to this album and it’s made to feel stronger and more intense because of the ambient, sorbet tracks that heighten the impact of the others. That’s not to belittle those tracks or the samples – they’re creative and hold up admirably on their own – but by placing them where he does, Seb manages to make an album which is together but never samey.
The album was released on Spoilt Victorian Child Records on the 14th April and can be downloaded (for £3 with a free a link to a free album by NO) or bought on CD (£4.50 including postage) from the link below.
http://www.myspace.com/sebroberts
As a Canadian living in Germany who, until recently, played with Japanese psychedelic band NO; he gets around and consequently so does the content of his music. I’d been thinking that the rambling, almost detached, vocals reminded me of Hunter S. Thompson or Nick Cave but then I hit the second half of the album and (for two tracks at least) the approach and feel changed before rounding back to a place where Zappa wouldn’t feel uncomfortable.
There are a lot of complex and clever parts to this album and it’s made to feel stronger and more intense because of the ambient, sorbet tracks that heighten the impact of the others. That’s not to belittle those tracks or the samples – they’re creative and hold up admirably on their own – but by placing them where he does, Seb manages to make an album which is together but never samey.
The album was released on Spoilt Victorian Child Records on the 14th April and can be downloaded (for £3 with a free a link to a free album by NO) or bought on CD (£4.50 including postage) from the link below.
http://www.myspace.com/sebroberts
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