Welcome to Decomposure.com. Take a look around, read some stuff, and leave comments by clicking the little speech balloon icons next to the titles. Also, you should have already bought 'Vertical Lines A' by now. Word is that all the cool kids are doing it, just before they jump off their bridges and cliffs.
Several metric tonnes of reviews and coverage have dumped on Decomposure lately, although he has been busy and has neglected to inform you. He is very sorry. Most notably, the Alternative Press features Decomposure as one of the '100 Bands You Need To Know' in the April 2008 issue. Popmatters' Mike Schiller recently published a long and embarrassingly nice review as well, noting 'Vertical Lines A deserves all of the accolades that could possibly be thrown at it.' And so much more. Read more reviews here.
'Vertical Lines A' just debuted on CMJ's RPM charts at #24, which isn't too bad considering the album came out, um, last May. And since you're here, you may as well check out this post from The Walrus about the album.
Hey, a few more reviews for VLA trickled in recently: one from 'Drowned in Sound' that hates Decomposure passionately, and one by Chris Dahlberg at 'Cosmos Gaming' that does not. Which one is right? Is VLA 'rancid Lavelle cast-offs masquerading as innovative, forward-pushing cyber-rock' or 'easily one of the best albums to have seen release in 2007'? We report, you decide.
Rapreviews.com recently took a very detailed (and favorable) look at Vertical Lines A from a hip-hop head's perspective. A sample: 'The tracks are detailed, elaborate and built with a shocking concern for precision that will force anyone who peeps the song screenshots (of an unknown music software) to rethink what they believe to be work ethic when it comes to track composition. There are so many layers to each song and so many things taking place that it is easy to get lost between the cascading waves of melody and rhythm slapping across your ears from the speakers. Each tune manages to be simultaneously distinct and vague at the same time. It is clear that this is meant to be taken as a total body of work, listened to within the intimacy of your headphones from beginning to end.'Read More here.
'Decomposure's new album comes in elaborate hand-made packaging, with a booklet of thick, torn pages that alternate between abstracted patterns of short black lines and dense blocks of tiny words that loosely correspond to the vocals on the record. It's ideally suited to the music -- austere but worn down, aloof and willfully oblique yet eager to communicate.' (read more...)
* Well, not actual TV, and not Decomposure himself, but his parallel paper-and-aluminum self he's named 'Vertical Lines A', which is the starting point to this We(Heart)Music video. Here, you can watch an intrepid reviewer crack open VLA's album art for the first time, as well grapple admirably with the pronunciation of 'Saskatchewan'. There's also a brief introductory post attached to it that includes streaming audio from 'Hour 5'. Pretty cool.
Comfort Music has just taken note of Vertical Lines A - 'Decomposure is back with another album chock full of glitchtastic pop treats, entitled Vertical Lines A, ostensibly organized around the found sounds he collected while wandering through his daily life for several months. His lyrics go by so fast and are often so layered and chopped up that I can't speak for any particular theme on that front, but musically at least, this record manages to be aggressive yet sweet-sounding.' That, and three free mp3s, here.
Have you heard about that 'Vertical Lines A' thing? Of course you haven't! That why there's suddenly a handy e-card filled with all kinds of bitesize information chunks, just for you. Go see! And then send it to a friend, who will then send it to another friend, and so on, until Decomposure has enough cash to procure another titanium mansion with a closet full of bronzed fur coats.
Go watch the video for Hour 10 here (or, if you prefer your music videos blurrier and in mono, it's also available through YouTube). The critics say it will do for walking what reality shows did for reality.
