With Senate Control at Stake, Expect Obama To Campaign in Michigan and Urge ‘the Brothers’ To Back El-Sayed
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With his enduring interest in retro sounds, it can be hard to tell whether Beck is moving forward or backward, revisiting old territory or breaking new ground. On “The Information,” the answer is probably both. Call it “avantretro.” The first song, “Elevator Music,” reworks his own loser-blues sound circa “Mellow Gold,” mixing it with old-school video game effects that are very much in fashion today. It’s impossible to date. “New Round” opens with banjo strums and electro-atmospherics, then evolves into a lovely little overlapping round. It’s a perfect metaphor for Beck’s music: he gets somewhere by chasing his own tail.
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|With his enduring interest in retro sounds, it can be hard to tell whether Beck is moving forward or backward, revisiting old territory or breaking new ground. On “The Information,” the answer is probably both. Call it “avantretro.” The first song, “Elevator Music,” reworks his own loser-blues sound circa “Mellow Gold,” mixing it with old-school video game effects that are very much in fashion today. It’s impossible to date. “New Round” opens with banjo strums and electro-atmospherics, then evolves into a lovely little overlapping round. It’s a perfect metaphor for Beck’s music: he gets somewhere by chasing his own tail.
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