Absolutely Free
Absolutely Free
America Canada Absolutely Free is a trio based in Toronto The group formulates musical experiments based on instrumentation compositional structure and other formal qualities ubiquitous to popular rock music Following years of touring and releasing albums with defunct art punk band DDMMYYYY the members of Absolutely Free set out to create a more hypnotic patient music that integrates analog electronics African polyrhythms psychedelia Bollywood and Krautrock Having released a series of well received singles 'UFO Glass Tassel' 2012 and 'On The Beach Clothed Woman Sitting' 2013 Absolutely Free entered the studio with producer Mike Haliechuk Fucked Up Austra and set out for an ambitious debut melding elements of their favourite rock and contemporary records spanning the last several decades While their singles served as brief introductions to their sound spectrum 'Absolutely Free' is a proper introduction and perfect example of their ability to hone a diverse spectrum while maintaining a unified narrative The result displays fragments of Phil Spector Kraftwerk Terry Riley Gang of Four and modern neopsychedelia
Tracklist
1. Window of Time
2. Beneath the Air
3. Striped Light
4. Burred Lens
5. Earth II
6. My Dim Age
7. Visions
8. Spiral Jetty