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Formats and Editions
1. Colour Me In
2. Pendulum
3. Before We Begin
4. Valerie
5. Man Is Not a Bird
6. Minim
7. Lunch Hour Pops
8. Black Umbrellas
9. Ominous Cloud
10. Distorsion
11. Oh How I Miss You
12. Little Bell, The
13. Winter Now
14. Hawk
More Info:
Broadcast will have their long out of print albums made available again through Warp Records on LP and CD. This seminal catalogue encompasses the albums Work And Non Work, The Noise Made By People, Haha Sound, Tender Buttons, The Future Crayon and ...Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age. The vinyl and CD versions are to be released on 10th March 2015 in the original package formats. Limited edition 10''x10'' 8-page zine will be available with purchase in-store on a first come, first serve basis while supplies last.Reviews:
On its first few releases, an album and a bunch of EPs and singles, Broadcast relied on a certain sweetness and charm. The Birmingham, U.K. band's listenable electronic pop and Trish Keenan's skimming vocals found a loyal audience, but it never truly challenged its fans. With Haha Sound, its second proper full-length and first in three years, Broadcast sends a slightly darker message. There's more clank and static, a creeping sense of malaise under the veneer. Guitars linger on a high, near atonal series of notes, Keenan's syrupy voice or an effected acoustic riff offering an organic respite from the simmering storm. The songs that extend these striking juxtapositions make for some of the best atmospheric music this side of Radiohead. And lest anyone fear that Broadcast is ignoring its melodic strengths, qualities that earned comparisons to Stereolab and St. Etienne, songs like the spirited "Man Is Not a Bird" and the carousel-like "Lunch Hour Pops" still provide moments of clarity, sounding like whimsical soundtrack numbers from quirky European films.
And even when it appears Broadcast is about to embark on a gloomy trip, as on the threateningly titled "Ominous Clouds," Keenan conjures a little-girl innocence that finds her avoiding the menace rather than riding on a Willy Wonka-like bad trip down a scary psychedelic tunnel. On this and the ringing "Colour Me In," Broadcast's strengths almost undermine the band, which achieves its more inspired moments when losing itself in the buzzes, drones and echoes that develop and evolve out of its pop songs. Of course, as the song "Oh How I Miss You" proves, the band is also capable of experimenting within its pop songs, which is why Broadcast is nearing the top of its game.
