{"id":41292,"date":"2016-02-11T18:50:59","date_gmt":"2016-02-12T00:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/?p=41292"},"modified":"2016-02-11T19:57:44","modified_gmt":"2016-02-12T01:57:44","slug":"pillar-point-marble-mouth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2016\/02\/11\/pillar-point-marble-mouth\/","title":{"rendered":"Pillar Point: Marble Mouth"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Marble<\/a>Some teachers enforce a rigorous formula for essays and modify every student\u2019s draft to fit that criteria. Scott Reitherman drafted a fluent, accessible essay in 2014 with <\/span>Pillar Point<\/a><\/span><\/i>, his solo debut. While <\/span>Marble Mouth<\/a> <\/span><\/i>is unarguably more polished, it reflects the revision of producer Kevin Barnes and his work with of Montreal. Because of this, it\u2019s difficult to tell where Scott Reitherman begins and Kevin Barnes ends. Reitherman may be chanting the title of opening track \u201cPart Time Love<\/a>,\u201d but his voice is working six full-time shifts. It exponentially tangents, like a spin-off of a spin-off of a spin-off, but those spin-offs essentially evolve into of Montreal songs.<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite the heavy-handed influence of Barnes, Reitherman achieves a dense, indelibly fun sound. For some reason a weather report introduces a tantalizing nu-disco diddy on \u201cGloomsday<\/a>.\u201d This is where Reitherman imprints his signature; he crafts deceptively atypical synth-pop tracks, but he swathes a veneer of familiarity onto every beat. \u201cBlack Fly On A White Wall<\/a>\u201d is clustered but danceable. \u201cDove<\/a>\u201d shares the digital choir ambiance of a Top 40 Oneohtrix Point Never jam (pretty sure this is an oxymoron, but I\u2019m standing by it) or a french house snoozefest than a synth-pop single. Reitherman\u2019s way of melding these elements into an infectious groove is distinctly his, but the sound is unmistakably Barnes\u2019. <\/span><\/p>\n

After Music Go Music made a Pillar Point remix<\/a> last year, Reitherman\u2019s perspective on music came full-circle, if a bit unclear. He amalgamates his eclectic influences into synthesized discotek trances, which is wildly creative. \u201cPlaytime<\/a>\u201d is emblematic of his less successful attempts to infuse his influences into his tracks with its erratic lyrical delivery and somber lyrical content (ala of Montreal). It devolves into an uninteresting mess of ideas. As is the case with much of <\/span>Marble Mouth<\/span><\/i>, which ideas are his and which ideas are Barnes\u2019 is unclear. One thing is clear, however: <\/span>Marble Mouth <\/span><\/i>is a bustling synth-pop essay\u00a0with an uncanny amount of editing by Kevin Barnes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Recommended If You Like: of Montreal, Jam City, a confused\u00a0Pet Shop Boys<\/strong><\/p>\n

Recommended Tracks: 1 (Part Time Love), 5 (Lafayette), 8 (Underground)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Do Not Play: None<\/strong><\/p>\n

Written by Logan Gossett on 02\/11\/16<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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