Later Braid stuff (and Hey Mercedes debut) had unexpected hooks and punchlines, but wait ’til you hear “Every Turn,” “Que Shiraz,” and “Let’s Go Blue.”
One of the most intense albums of the genre, finding a link between grindcore, emo, and hardcore with scary time-signatures and crazed chord progressions.
Members of Azure Ray, Little Red Rocket, and Bright Eyes’ live band/studio engineer, Now It’s Overhead sport a lush recording full of melodic crevices.
As the Chemical Brothers slip off into a dancefloor haze of texture and boom-boom, The Crystal Method holds strong as that bridge between rock and techno.