Nicolas Jaar- Space Is Only Noise ALBUM REVIEW

Listen: http://theneedledrop.com/?p=2854

Jonathan Mann: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X94GQZM4M48
Andy D: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZdTJunru2E

Nicolas Jaar's debut LP is a dark exercise in bleak dance beats, sound collages, and ambient interludes. Though the album doesn't come off with a clear intent, Space Is Only Noise makes for a really heady and beautiful listen.

What makes this album attractive isn't exactly obvious in the first few listens--mostly because it's littered with so much experimentation--but the eventual growth is worth the wait time.

What do you think of this album? Love it? Hate it? What should I review next? Can you suggest an album that's not Radiohead's King of Limbs? I bet you can't.

8/10

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FAV TRACKS: COLOMB, KEEP ME THERE, I GOT A, SPACE IS ONLY NOISE IF YOU CAN SEE, VARIATIONS

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[iamthegreatest1234]

thumbs up if the needle drop sent you he...oh wait....

[DopeCat]

Best album of 2011 so far.

[rhcp484]

STRONG 8 for me.

[rhcp484]

Halfway through this review I pull up the album on Spotify, and now halfway through the album Anthony face is still paused with his mouth open at 2:52. Loving it.

[Datapunkk]

Haha, I was surpirised to see this. Oh man, I've been following this guy since his Wolf + Lamb releases. So amazing..i'm speechless.

[FlexFlowify]

MOM JEANS



[Goatbed13]

Best Album of 2011!

[brothamouzoune]

Anthony,

As always nice review. One comment: I'm surprised you didn't mention the danceability of some Jaar's tracks. I understand the whole 'too deep for you' criticism of it, but the redeeming quality of his tracks are the fact that they make me want to dance...in a really weird and primal way...but dance nonetheless.

There's a lot of stuff out there that is far less rhytmically pleasing and far more pretentious than this album.

[matthewbgrayson]

Liking this album after just a couple listens. Thanks for the rec.

Feeling the experimental tendencies of John Maus as well as the dark mood of Two Lone Swordsmen, especially in the title track with those dark, juicy keyboards.

[cloneofbogart]

glad i checked this out after i saw it on your favorite album of 2011 (so far). I definitely hear a bit of fourtet on this album too, especially on the track variations. Definitely agree that it is kind of all over the place, but I like those sort of fractured albums. Nice.... real nice.

Oh yeah...

[czaghost]

THUMBS UP FOR "MAKING A MIXTAPE FOR REALLY REALLY REALLY WEIRD GIRLS YOU ARE ATTRACTED TO"... excellent album, i bought it on vinyl just because of the name, checked it out really quick at the store

[mikedrawls41]

Thumbs up for Kraftwerk's "Radioactivity" album in the background!