9/11/2023 0 Comments Hawnay troof fireside bowl![]() The 11th and 13th tracks, ‘Bizarre Triangle' and ‘Out Of Teen Revisited' could both be fantastic closers and its almost like they're competing with each other really- ‘Bizarre Triangle' all destructive repetition but ‘Out Of Teen.' much more shoutily optimistic. Now that's dedication- I'm not even getting free stuff *purely* for writing this. I actually *volunteered* to do this review of it despite being sent it separately. Since I got it its probably accounted for about 40% of my listening rotation at the time of writing, and for a while it was much higher. I'm probably most interested to know where Xiu Xiu crop up.So yeah, this is a really really good record. But then, I can only really identify Pearson, who I'm pretty sure is the one moaning seductively and yelling "touch me!" on ‘Underneath The Ocean'. And is this really music designed for thinking at all? Its more the type of thing you think about post-listening, because of how brilliant it was and stuff and like what makes it so different and fun.The other thing about Islands of Ayle is that it apparently has a wide range of esteemed guests, such as Xiu Xiu, Randy from No Age and High Places' Mary Pearson. There is a pretty consistent synth sound throughout the record which perhaps detracts from how much of a collage it really is- you know its really not instantly apparent unless you actually *think* about it. ‘Two Week Bruise' is really just big, arpeggiated synths, a few synthesized handclaps, Cooler shout-rapping about something or other and very little else but by Christ its awesome. It's the sound of a man who has long since realized he will never be some sort of superstar white-boy rapper and has as a result looked for -and found- the best possible way around that problem. Who's ready for weird fun?With his skewed synths and beats and yelping non-flow, Hawnay Troof exists somewhere in the middle ground between failed pop and failed hip-hop and yet still manages to make everything he does such a massive *success*. Tom Whyman, on the other hand, describes him as a really ludicrously fucking fun musician. Well, maybe such a large proportion of all the best music wasn't always *quite* there, but now you just have to look at your Cats In Parises, your Gay Against Yous, your Animal Collectives, your Death Sets, your Dan Deacons, your (RIP) Cutting Pink With Knives- your Hawnay Troofs. Hawnay Troof\'s label described him as a \'left-field prodigy\' and an \'outsider artist\'. ![]() I want what might perhaps perfectly be described as "completely fucked-up pop music" (thanks press release). ![]() Because I don't want crystalline soundscapes or acoustic mumblings or even the smallest scraps of ‘accomplishment'. Islands of Ayle is young Hawnay's third album but I must admit the first I've heard of him, my kneejerk reaction to this record therefore being something along the lines of: "where have you been all my life?" What I basically look for, about 80% of the time in music, this guy delivers in big backbreakingly heavy bundles of fun. But I'd describe him as a really ludicrously fucking fun musician. Remixes of Ayle :Ġ1 The Gods Are Crazy (Ssion Remix ft.The press release I got with this album describes one Vice Cooler, aka Hawnay Troof (well I guess when your real name is already *that* ridiculous.) as a "left-field prodigy" and an "outsider artist". 01 Suspension and Conclusion/ Finale 02 Front My Hope 03 Underneath the Ocean 04 Two Week Bruise 05 Zhou Zhong 06 Connection 07 Water 08 The Gods Are Crazy 09 Oblivions 10 Venus Venus Piper 11 Bizarre Triangle 12 Feelings 13 Out of Teen Revisited
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