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April 24, 2006
It's been a long time..
since I have been this excited about an album coming out!
Jimmy Tamborello, also known as Dntel, who is one half of the Postal Service, is releasing a new album under the alias James Figurine (a name that comes from another one of his projects, figurine).
I found an MP3 off the new album at Music For Robots.
Here it is: Figurine - 55566688833 (MP3) and this is what Music For Robots had to say:
"This song here is about the economy of movement needed to type a message into your phone. James Figurine, aka Dntel, aka Jimmy Tamborello, has often used his Figurine persona to sing about technological woes. On the last record he was always singing about e-mail and IM. Now, in the '06, he's moved onto text messaging. He's also struck out on his own. This is not a proper Figurine record, rather a James Figurine solo record. What's the difference, you ask? Well, to be honest I'm not sure. I do here some female vocals here and there, but I'm not sure if it's Meredith Figurine or not. I know Jenny Lewis is on the record, but I don't think it's on this song. Erlend Oye is also on the record, and he sounds great.
What I like about this song it is length. A lot of the early Figurine stuff was very short, not allowing the melodies to develop and sink in. This track rolls in at just shy of 7 minutes, making it nice and long. The usual Tamborello tricks are doled out sparingly... glitches, synth lines, quietly throbbing bass wobbles. His vocals are there too, and they're executed nicely (sort of reminiscent of "Don't Get Your Hopes Up," for those of you playing at home)."
I know George will be excited about this one!
Posted by cory at April 24, 2006 12:22 AM
Comments
HOLY SHIT! !YESS!
i would really love a new figurine album right now.
Posted by: george at April 24, 2006 12:44 AM
"This song here is about the economy of movement needed to type a message into your phone."
Finally, somebody is writing about the common man again!
Seriously, this sounds pretty interesting.
Posted by: Anthony at April 24, 2006 12:37 PM
it's like all my favorite songs, but slower.
Posted by: george at April 24, 2006 5:32 PM