I can see why!! Elusive Parallelograms bring instrumental originality back to the rock 'table' by refusing to be drawn into the world of electronic enhancement and digital/analogue nothingness!
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I can see why!! Elusive Parallelograms bring instrumental originality back to the rock 'table' by refusing to be drawn into the world of electronic enhancement and digital/analogue nothingness!
Elusive Parallelograms don't really conform to any individual genre identity, they never slot into any one form, they just defy categorisation. However, there's definitely an element of psychedelia, there's a hint of pop sensibility, some surfer harmony, and more... And, of course, Elusive Parallelograms 'rock' all day long. So, I can hear The Beatles, The Electric Prunes, The Beach Boys, Blur, The Stone Roses, Oasis and so on... For me I suppose Elusive Parallelograms play 'rock of ages'! Timeless, era-defying, age-insensitive, experimental rock'n'stroll for whoever wants to listen. It aint post-rock. In fact, it aint actually post-anything! What it is is a kinda 'omi-rock' - all-encompassing and un-nameable!
Armed with more guitars than most music stores can afford nowadays, Elusive Parallelograms kerrang their way through space with a positive barrage of string-driven rock. As I mentioned above, EP don't feel the need to fall back on too much in the way of electronic elaboration, they stick to their guns (or should that be axes?) and make the most of all those strings they have between them - remarkably clever stuff in today's electronic world of keyboard and computer wizardry! The EP sound is therefore pretty pure and, in rock terms, pretty bloody exciting. Instrumental assets aside, EP write with superb originality by today's standards - they incorporate nuances from far-reaching genre to make their sweet rock 'noise' and it's refreshingly cool and undeniably fresh. Vocally there's just a hint of the past, retro-esque if you will, that totally suits EP's brazen guitar oriented rock-fest attack as beautifully balanced voices cry out atop of the searing and soaring guitars.
'And Everything Changes', the title actually suggests the content, is wonderfully evocative in its way; EP make modern rock make sense once more and put 'free-form' back in the equation. EP really do the biz on this crackin' album; far from being retro, 'And Everything Changes' is a breath of fresh air at a time of indie stagnation, a much needed infusion of well thought out, well crafted experimentation of the best kind - using the 'basic' instruments of the rock instrumental armoury. Great credit to this relatively young band of rocksters; I love their ambition and think their guitar-driven way is one that'll surprise quite a few people. 'And Everything Changes' by Elusive Parallelograms is great respite from the, pale by comparison, pseudo-originality of the indie form over the last few years. This is one helluva good album by a band destined to make a mark for all the right reasons - excellent!!
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