Here's the thing about Fuck Buttons; the first album was pretty amazing; just a wall of noise that managed to somehow have melody, and even a hook... it filled a gap between the shoegaze revival and the electronic/lo-fi thing going on, and it did it well. But for all its virtues I couldn't help wondering where they would go after (other than around the world with Mogwai)...It was definitely an album that could sit on its own and never need a follow up, and there was the worry that they might not strike that balance again that made the first work so well. However, the new album Tarot Sports is out in October, (here's the artwork) and over at Pitchfork you can hear the new track Surf Solar which shows no sign of them having burnt the sound out.
Fuck Forever then...
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