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Sightings
ARRIVED IN GOLD
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When you’re biting off Throbbing Gristle, This Heat demos, and No New York, timing is everything. A year ago, Liars birthed a noise-rock classic that earned them near-universal disdain and fat goose eggs from all the major glossies. Ten months, a Spin article about Brooklyn noise, and one catastrophic presidential election later, "unlistenable" is exactly how underground kids want their music served. Go figure. Either way, Sightings’ latest is gorgeous, carefully considered noise rock, up there with 2004 releases by Mouthus, Wolf Eyes, and Hair Police, and light years beyond the Brooklyn trio’s earlier monotone salvos. Tower Recordings’ Samara Lubelski can take some credit — she snatched production duties from the band, and the result is crisp and clear and never sludgy. But it also seems that Sightings have just finally come into their own. "One Out of Ten" blossoms patiently into blue Nile piano noise, sheet metal sparks, and manic mathematics; "Sugar Sediment" boasts a melody you can actually hum; and with "Internal Compass," the band give Twisted Villagers their very own "Toxic." Which begs the question: who — or what — will be noise’s Hilary Duff?
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