Tuesday, February 22, 2011

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Young Prisms - Friends For Now



















The first summons (I)


Personnel:

Get out of the unsatisfactory academic life, pure in a cockroach infested apartment on a Chinese restaurant in San Francisco, from there to realize the dream of a career as a musician. Jordan Silbert, Matt Allen, Stef Hodapp and Gio Betteo went this way.


crime was committed:
In 2009 appeared already with "Mexican Summer" the first EP, there were several split singles with "Friends For Now" is now in the lo-fi sound dazzling debut Prisms Young, released on Kanine Records and in Germany so far is to have only as an import.


plea:
noisy and dissonant guitar rock psychedelic lettering with mesmerizing Effect. There are between the coordinates Garage Rock (Sonic Youth) and shoegaze (My Bloody Valentine, Swervedriver) swallowed the guys singing as an accompaniment to the breathless voice of Stef Hodapp.


Witnesses
Friends for Now begins with a title track, where a soft bass line into swells of reverb-laden vocals rich swirl of guitar and meandering. It's as if you're falling in slow motion into an abyss, paralyzed by whirring feedback and lethargic chords.
"If You Want To" gracefully breaks the fall, with its danceable beat paired alongside washed-out surf guitar and haphazard vocals. Lacking in substantial lyrics, the 'oohs' and 'ahhs' allow the music to speak for itself, completely engaging the listener with delectable melody. Young Prisms songs consistently stray from the typical lyrical pop song structure of choruses and verses yet adhere to them musically, creating an compelling dynamic that prevents their slew of delicious pop songs from becoming monotonous.
Similar tracks characterize about half of the album; 2010 single “Sugar” shows Young Prisms at their strongest. Pounding, pulsating drums and wailing guitar alongside lofty repeated chimes of “I’m still high/I’m still high” add together for a sweet three-and-a-half minutes in which one can’t help but get lost. “Eleni” follows suit, only with the addition of noisy clanking and clamoring alongside a stellar bass groove.
Although their upbeat tracks are masterful and incredibly enjoyable, Young Prisms take care not to pigeonhole themselves throughout Friends for Now; they also succeed admirably in their ventures into slower, hypnotic jams, fully indulgent in the psychedelic tag of their genre. Exemplifying this is “In Your Room”, a six-minute journey rich in distortion and entrancing percussion. The vocals fade out halfway through the song, allowing for a guitar and pounding drums session that is seriously inescapable, a hallucinogen in its own right.
All in all, Friends for Now is an impressively strong debut that exceeds even the vast expectations of those fans primed on the band’s introductory singles and releases. With its subtle psychedelia and addictive beats paired with incomprehensible, lofty vocals, Young Prisms keep the listener guessing - and definitely coming back for more.
( consequenceofsound.net )

clues and evidence:
Young Prisms play live on the roof of the San Francisco Art Institute, the song "Friends For Now" and "If You Want To":





judgments
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