Moonface 'Organ Music Not Vibraphone Like I'd Hoped'.

Hello, welcome to the dream-factory, pilgrims...

I have been taking a gander at Moonface's 'Organ Music Not Vibraphone Like I'd Hoped'. It's in-keeping with Krug's constant conceptually strong albums that are pretty self-serving and really enjoyable. The record is very strange to listen to as it's unmistakably in his vein of song-writing (impressive lyrically, thematically and forever developing) yet the sound of the whole thing is similar to that of Loke Wilson or early Nobuo Uematsu; barrel-chested-eighties-nostalgia.

Fast Peter is eight minutes long and intriguing. It feels like they went with it as something which is an ironic-vignette of the record, Wolf Parade & Sunset Rubdown fans were already sold when Spencer's big lovely face was promoting the thing, and it feels like an eight minute sample of the eventually amaranthine record is enough to capture the attention of music fans of this ilk. The lyrics are really great, simple and are a little different for him - "Won't you win the race?" being repeated a hell of a lot certainly isn't what you'd expect. The track's unrelenting pace and texture are a joy too.

There are special moments on this short record (Loose heart = Loose plan) and, although I expect a completely different type of record from him next, long may he keep it coming.

Some things I hate: People showing me photos of celebrities when they were younger and saying 'Don't they look different?', Soaking dishes, Adverts being hailed as 'clever', Factory foremen and what 'The Simpsons' has become.