The results of our first “Pick” survey in more than two months could not have gone better: Our fake entry placed last, with 20.7% of the vote (we were hoping the Temporary Residence reference would throw everyone off). Here are the rest of this week’s Pitchfork-sourced sentences, and their accompanying reviews:
“The aforementioned post-rock ensembles like to tinker with musical narrative like the post-modernists they are, and for every bold crescendo, an incongruous tangent can disrupt the music’s linearity”: Explosions In The Sky, All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone (6.0 from Brian Howe, and 25.5% of the vote)
“…but then come the stunners, ringing out perfectly with a baroque stylishness and slaying explosiveness that, if maintained for an entire album, would suffocate the hearts of even the proggiest”: Shining, Grindstone (a 7.6 from Brandon Stosuy, and 28.7% of the vote)
“”The pair erects a spire-shaped theme only to bury it in a noisy midsection, a tone akin to that of Christian Fennesz’ signal manipulation morphing melody into dynamic static”: Benevento/Russo Duo, Play Pause Stop (a 7.6 from Grayson Currin, and 25% of the vote)
I got it right! The (re)issues pun did it for me. Wow, these are becoming a little like taking the SAT’s. I’m sure you could sell some of these to the College Board.
For once I was right, too! And like Major Tom, it was the “(re)issues” pun that gave it away for me as well. Pitchfork takes itself to seriously for that.
wait– do i get a trophy or something?
i can’t believe the explosions in the sky one was real. it sounded so bogus