Broadcast's Subtle Sonics
At their best, Broadcast is in my (truthfully, quite long and disorganized) list of favorite bands: I think their early, autumn-colored, codeine-drowsy recordings combined Spector standards with modern electronics and the perfect dash of Kraut rock-derived rhythms to create songs that are lush, dreamy and lullaby-esque. Maybe the most spellbinding of all is Oh How I Miss You, a song barely over a minute long, consisting solely of one titular lyric repeated over and over again amidst reverb-soaked percussion; lonely, echoing piano; winsome bass; distressed synths; and ghostly, tired vocals. That something so simple can be both so moving and so beautiful is testament to the talent of a band who—despite moving in a direction I love less in recent years—knows how to conjure emotion with just a few tools, sparingly used. Listen below.
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