a year ago I made my first attempt at blogging and failed miserably. after spending the last couple hours looking at all my talented friends and their various blogs (which will be linked in later posts) i've decided i need to make another go at it.
first up: Food Pyramid. a new band from the Minneapolis area released their first cassette release entitled "I" last year on the excellent new label Moon Glyph. these guys make no claim toward commercial success in the least and put together a mind blowing meld of Emeralds style synth/space jams, krautrock jams worthy of Neu and other forefathers and even add some perfectly cheesy yet tasteful saxophone. each of the seven tracks take a single idea and flesh it out through subtle yet insistent shifts that create a wonderfully cohesive sound.
"The Sundance Kid" kicks off the tape with an 18 minute krautrock trance inducing mood stabilizer. the B side shows more variety but exemplifies how all their facets work together. From the funky synth backbeat and squawking sax of "Southside Blacktop Beat" to the tone zone synths of "Lesbian Seagull" to the shorter expansion on their krautrock "Das Tier? Die Autobahn? Die Brunnen?" and then finishes up on a perfect note with "Speedboat Exit Miami Sunset" which brings together the lite funky beats with gooey shifting synths and some smooth yet tasteful saxophone on top.
i've been totally enthralled by this tape over the last few months. this is the first in a trilogy of tapes they are releasing on Moon Glyph. their second tape "II" was just released. i just ordered a copy of it for myself and I propose you do the same. each tape is in an edition of 150 copies and will be gone shortly.
listen to Food Pyramid "I" here, then go to Moon Glyph and buy physical copies of both "I" and "II" on cassette to support!
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