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The Campfire Headphase
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Label: Warp Records
Duration: 1:01:58
Genre: Dance

This Scottish duo's third album is their most shoegazer-y and gorgeous. For the first time, acoustic and electric instruments intrude on their landscape, which brings them closer to the work of artists like Four Tet and M83. But there's an intricacy to their beats and a strange, underwater quality to their samples that's strictly BoC. It's weird woozy music that's lovely and alien. "Dayvan Cowboy,"for instance, is a slow-paced bit of moody psychedelia; the drums don't even kick in until two thirds of the way through. The hypnotic, analog synth-driven "Farewell Fire"sounds like some lost tune by space-kraut pioneers Cluster. This is music you listen to when drugs don't work anymore; it's more reliable and a whole lot cheaper besides. "Oscar See Through Red Eye,"one of the more percussive songs, is perfect for languid late night dancing, but most of the album is sublimely made for the bean bag chairs. --Mike McGonigal


TrackDuration
Into the Rainbow Vein0:44
Chromakey Dreamcoat5:47
Satellite Anthem Icarus6:04
Peacock Tail5:24
Dayvan Cowboy5:00
A Moment of Clarity0:51
'84 Pontiac Dream3:49
Sherbet Head2:41
Oscar See Through Red Eye5:08
Ataronchronon1:14
Hey Saturday Sun4:56
Constants Are Changing1:42
Slow This Bird Down6:09
Tears From the Compound Eye4:03
Farewell Fire8:26
Original Release: 2005-10-17
Composer: Michael Sandison & Marcus Eoin
Arranged By: Marcus Eoin, Mike Sandison
Producer: Marcus Eoin, Mike Sandison
UPC: 801061012311, 801061012328, 801061812317