hello defective
kill us now
'"Kill Us Now" is one of the best albums of 2003 and will remain so through the end of the year. It is equal parts Beatles, The Doves, Luna, Sigur Ros, Silver Scooter, Spoon, and Superchunk, swirling into an apotheosized musical aura. It is pure, divined from the rock Gods up above.
On the album's second track, "Plastic Hearts," the vocals ring out on the line "Just wind us up and we'll make a good impression." Someone must have wound them extremely tight.
Hello Defective has created a lucid and masterful work of true artistry. The album's infectious grooves and transy vocals hit hard right from the start. "Kill Us Now" is full, whole complete. The adjectives that describe this album are relentless, one slightly different from the last but each is unable to accurately describe the record's attributes on its own. Only in a succession such as astounding, amazing, mind-blowing, can more closely portray the band in their true and deserved light.
Myth has it that this Brit-based band consists of rather well accomplished members, including a Film Director (Armitage) and a product of MENSA (Kirby). It's no wonder the music has such an intellectual air to it. As they sing in "Dim Like A Dog's House," "All our brains start out the same size." The likes of Kirby and Armitage prove that some musicians turn out to be much more mentally well endowed than others end up being in the long run.
Hello Defective in the incarnation of what Oasis was hyped up to be. This band of musical prodigies may be able to accomplish just that because there is no media hype surrounding them. They are coming out of the woodworks to achieve the unachievable.
In addition to Kirby and Armitage's well-defined musical muscle, much of the album's thanks should go to the work David Hoffner has put into the band with the aid of his Mac. This only further proves the statement that a good deal of the most influential and highly acclaimed records over the last half-decade are assisted by computers.
Of course, musical purists will disagree on this subjective statement. No matter which side of this statement you stand on, it is difficult to argue the high quality of this album that should quickly make its way out of obscurity and into the limelight.
This poor reference aside, the band will have you at Hello.