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With an album curiously kicking off with rave beats that transition into an Enya chorus, Delorean’s Ayrton Senna EP can be a bit tough to read on first contact – I’m still trying to rate it on a 1 to 10 scale… to no avail. Despite this, the foot begins tapping as the opening track (Seasun) evolves, and two minutes in you should be happy to hear the smooth escalation you were subconsciously hoping for. Subtle introductions and shifts across the spectrum give the track just enough variety to last through what is essentially a 4:27 introduction.

After this, the unfortunate question becomes, ‘WTF am I being introduced to?’ Transitions are far too lengthy, frustratingly extending decrescendos to the point that one song dies before the next gives birth. Most notably between the first two tracks, the sounds fit too well together to tear them apart as they’ve done.

If the confusion ended at this first break it would be a fault easily forgiven, but the third track, Big Dipper begins to fade a full 30 seconds before its end, akin to an early last call or a premature… well… regardless, it has an anticlimactic feeling that has the effect of slowly squeezing the life from what once was a fervid ball of energy.

Moonson starts quickly, once again changing pace in a disc that lacks identity. The album is almost chimeric, with perfectly enjoyable track after track forced together in all-too haphazard a manner, nearly tainting the overall product… I say nearly, because despite its flaws as an album, every track was independently enjoyable.

I’m still not convinced Big Dipper’s latter half isn’t boosted by a Phoenix cameo, a fact that helps overshadow the presence of a bit more oonce oonce then I’d normally approve.

Even the most intelligible lyrics don’t quite… well… make sense – I’m pretty sure at one point they proclaim the necessity to break their own legs to get up. Despite this, the catchy fast-paced percussion floats elegantly atop the fluid backup choir’s cooing vocals, producing an interesting, but undistracting four-track mix tape.

All in all, the disc is best set as a lake to float on rather than swim in. Toss it on as you go about your day and you won’t be disappointed. Try focusing on it for too long and you’ll frustatingly discover little more than you did before.

mp3 – Delorean – Seasun

mp3 – Delorean – Big Dipper

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[...] on the piano and ethereal, reverb drenched vocal samples, Seasun, the first track from DeLorean’s Ayrton Senna EP, is sure to become a perennial favorite at clubs with their ears tuned to the indie dial for years [...]

Best Songs of 2009 | Seizure Chicken added these pithy words on Dec 08 09 at 9:52 am