Monday, April 30, 2012

New Electronic Music: Metronomy



I went to see Coldplay Saturday night at the HP Pavillion here in San Jose, CA and it was a fantastic show. I'm not a huge Coldplay fan but wow, what a show they put with the lights, confetti, balloons falling from the ceiling and the glow in the dark wristbands they handed out to everyone.  It's well worth it if you've never seen them. The main opening act was Metronomy who I hadn't heard of before. If you think 80s mixed in with the lighter side of New Order, maybe even Joy Division, you could imagine the sounds they were producing. One track, in particular, caught my attention. It's about a 4 minute electronic song that's completely void of vocals and is constantly shifting it's direction in a manner that makes the music completely work. It's called "The End of You Too", check it out on iTunes.