Good Music Week Part 2...



cLOUDDEAD - Dead Dogs Two

Bit of a cheeky one here, this was a fairly limited vinyl only release - now it's being given away free with the new cLOUDDEAD CD. However it deserves special mention for the fantastic Boards of Canada remix of Dead Dogs Two, they take a song which could in some circles be described as 'a bit depressing' and inject a bit of psychedelia and come out with something close to Sgt Pepper Beatles.



cLOUDDEAD - Ten

First things first, many reviews of this album have made a big deal of the lyrics being surreal - I think there missing the point here, they're really very observational if anything. For example "A single long stemed rose resting between two antlers", OK it's odd, but not really surreal - in fact on some tracks they get as far from surreal as you can get, the line "The makers of guns will never go hungry" is about as far from surreal as you can get. I guess it's the delivery that makes people instantly reach for the surreal tag, Dose One with his high pitched hyper speed delivery, Why? with his softer sing song delivery - not what you traditionally associate with hip-hop, although this isn't your traditional hip hop album. Anyway lets get back to my opinion on this CD - first time through I was a little disappointed, I can't help but compare it to the first cLOUDDEAD disc, this one seemed a little too 'normal'. The tracks have proper names this time, they even stick to the same tune for each track and don't go wandering off all the time, it's more 'professional'. However after a couple more listens it clicked and I started to appreciate the album on its own merits, compared to most music released nowadays its in a league of its own...