TNT Y! review- ‘ Haiku-like Imagination’– Magnificently chaotic, intriguing & fully rounded…
By Kaushik Jai Baruah | April 14, 2019
Band: Haiku- Like Imagination
Album:Eat Lead, Motherbuzzer
Genre: Experimental Math Rock
Magnificently chaotic, intriguing and fully rounded. The kind of songwriting quality that bands can take years to reach.
Few have evoked the landscape and forward-looking traditions of Math rock in India more affectingly than Bangalore based Haiku-Like Imagination; soon to be poster-boys of complex time signatures and uneven rhythm structures, this six-piece act is steeped into a sonic space that's bound to take them to the future. Although this is only their debut album, their unabashed approach finds an extremely fresh stimulus and tenor on Eat lead, Motherbuzzer previously unheard of in the independent music circuit in India- one which leans towards a great attempt at production and arrangement. It's a shape-shifter of a record, brought to life by an exceptional six-piece band unafraid to veer into weighty and eerie moods.
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Solid, road tested tracks like 'Hey, Dynamics!' and 'Sine' jostle for a niche audience's attention while tracks like 'Exit' and 'Ozzifer' turn this nine-track jewel into a soundtrack for a difficult Delhi afternoon. The very confidence with which they have listed the tracks is attractive. Let's hope this valor stands the test of time and continues to make rounds of Spotify playlists for the coming year at least. The last time I felt this great about a release was when Yonsample released their Debut EP.
I have often noticed that for most cerebrally fearless acts in the country, the production remains extremely reserved and limited. However, on this compelling full-length I can never turn the volume knob to a loud enough setting- these songs are biting yet spacious- a sense of intimacy that seems more incisive than personal. There's little on this album that stops short of breaking through- one its makers should be in a hurry to repeat with a follow up album sometime next year.
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