Crude Futures
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So So Modern
Crude Futures
[ So So Modern / CD ]
Release Date: Monday 8 March 2010
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So So Modern are a 4-piece band based in Wellington. 'Crude Futures' is their debut full-length album, which follows on the heels of more than a dozen EP & singles releases.
"Intricate & compelling."
- Clash
"So So Modern stand ahead of the pack."
- NME
"More expansive, considered and a hugely enjoyable listen, 'Crude Futures' is
a real boundary-pushing treat. 2010 might be theirs, you know..."
- Rock Feedback
So So Modern are a 4-piece band based in Wellington. 'Crude Futures' is their debut full-length album, which follows on the heels of more than a dozen EP & singles releases, including the 'Friendly Fires' EP, accompanying 4 x 7"
'Friends & Fires' EPs & the ongoing '0000EP' Series.
'Crude Futures', though, marks So So Modern's most complete body of work &
represents a new era & sound for a band leaning forward on the edge of the world's end.
So So Modern make no secret of their musical influences, be it hardcore punk, no-wave, dance, kraut rock, free-noise or electronica (sometimes within the space of a single song!) - but this respect goes beyond mere derivation, abandoning any sense of kitsch for honest songwriting & intense delivery.
In recent times So So Modern have traded in their explosive energy for a more introverted presence, treating each performance, song & gesture as a carefully considered offering.
Their sound finds simple resolution in complex rhythms & draws melodic responses from heavy restraint. 'Crude Futures' coincides with a major exhibition of the same name, by NZ documentary photographer John Lake. The album explores the burden of optimism in a constantly "apocalyptic" reality.
