THE AEFFECT “A Short Dream”
One can always count on Fueled by Ramen to never fall into a rut of putting out the same ol’ stuff time and time again. With a roster that contains no two bands that sound remotely alike or even cookie-cutter in the slightest, somehow, the fact that THE AEFFECT doesn’t even use a guitar or two, isn’t quite a shock. Why would FBR want to continue to put out music from bands that use traditional rock instruments anyway? The first thing I thought of with this release is that these guys sound a heck of a lot like DURAN DURAN or THE CURE – maybe it’s in the vocals, or the ominous ambiance, but this stuff is moody, and not in the bright, sunny, children playing in the corn fields, kind of way. With a superthick sound, and some gnarly keyboard work, THE AEFFECT pack together a mighty sound, but it’s just not my thing. There’s six song, 24 minutes of music, and some cool artwork to boot. If you’re into electronica, but with a more indierock bent, I’d say you should check this out, but that genre is pretty much of out my realm of knowledge. “A Short Dream,” is pretty cool, but I think i’ll stick to such FBR acts as MID CARSON JULY, JERSEY, THE STEREO, and that awesome FRODUS disc they put out.
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