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DOWNLOAD: Sian Alice Group - Motionless

Posted 2/13/2008 1:21 PM by Daniel Arnold

Tags: tribal, ambient, shoegaze

You ever see somebody play the bejesus out of a xylophone? The two hand attack, arms crossed, eyes darting everywhere, not a note out of place? Well we saw it a few days ago waiting for the train and it was a sly wink from God like, "Hey buddy, you're on the right platform." Or at least that's what it sounded like at the time. Turns out we're hard of hearing and God was actually saying, "In a couple days you're gonna freak out about Sian Alice Group's epic-as-fuck pow-wow explosion."

And God was right. How do these geniuses make distortion and fuzz and modern language sound so primitive? On "Motionless" they set jagged downbeat guitar stabs and pristine casino xylophone solos (!) to this crude, campfire drumroll that turns the whole thing all bugged out hunter-gatherer. Totally witchy and enthralling. Kinda like if you took away Mobius Band's keyboards and gave them a cave.

Big, big bonus: They're in from England and playing Annex TONIGHT. Definitely paint your face and get there. Buncha other Social Registry heads on the bill too, so don't blow it. Watch for an interview next week.

UPDATE: Catch Sian Alice Group 2/21 @ Mercury Lounge

DOWNLOAD: Sian Alice Group - Motionless

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