Water From Your Eyes - Structure (IEX) (White)

Indie Exclusive in White Color Vinyl. Delighting in contradiction, Structure is an ambitious LP

that approaches it's own impressive scope and aspiration with a tongue-in-cheek humor and a reflexive self-effacement that wonderfully reflects the personalities of it's

creators. Influenced by Scott Walker's sole 80s release,

Climate of Hunter and the works of the colorfield painter

Mark Rothko, it's a concept album that pokes fun of the

idea of concept albums, exploring high-minded ideas

while subverting them and applying a hyper-focused eye

for detail in the service of a series of clever misdirections.

Tracks like opening single "Quotations" see the band

at their freewheeling best, drawing from the persistent

and building rhythms of the dance music tradition that has

long been one of the many elements of their sound, to

construct a mesmerizing forest of sounds out of repeating

vocal samples, swooping synth lines and eventually cascading break beats. At the other end of the album's auditory spectrum, "When You're Around" is an almost-saccharine nod at the band's more pop-oriented work to date.

When taken together Structure paints a picture too vast to be

taken in at once, but repeated listens reveal melodic subtleties, rhythmic minutiae, and lyrical repetition that allow the

whole to come into focus. Whether the lasting impression is

concrete or abstract will depend on the listener's perspective, but from any vantage point Structure is a thrillingly original release and a first-class achievement in brutalist pop