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Fuck Buttons26 June 2008
(Photo taken from here)
Fuck Button’s Street Horrrsing came out at the start of this year to much, deserved, praise. Coming in at 6 songs and 50 minutes, Street Horrrsing shows up Fuck Buttons’ remarkable skill of creating extensive, yet captivating, songs from the most simple ideas. ‘Bright Tomorrow’ is based on an unelaborate, constant techno beat, decorated by a few other parts, layered slowly throughout the song. The result is a crescendo of noise and tension (although I’d just as easily call it euphoria,) which peaks at 4.00 (2.26 in the video, but you really shouldn’t be listening to this through your computer speakers,) as a swathe of distortion/feedback cuts through and floods your ears with noise.
Fuck Buttons – Bright Tomorrow
Although the album is a thoroughly good listening experience it does pale in comparison to a good live show. A couple of weekends ago at Primavera Sound they played a very good show.
Fuck Buttons, from backstage, Primavera Sound, Barcelona, 2008:
To a jam-packed ATP stage, the duo played a set that worked the large sound system to its limits, with wave upon wave of bass-led, yet Hi-Fi drones.
(Fuck Buttons, from the photographers pit, Primavera Sound, Barcelona, 2008)
For ‘Sweet Love For Planet Earth,’ I positioned myself in the photographers pit. From this uninterrupted view, (because its just under the speakers/monitors,) I felt like I’d been placed in a cathedral of sound. The low rumbles of bass and the lush synths/keyboard parts continuously washed over me, sending me into some sort of trance like rapture.
You can see the song performed live below, although you’ll have to go see them live for yourself to gain the same effect:
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