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| Energy Scale (5 your dancing your heart out,1 your're ready for bed) |
Starting with a happy upbeat song that you can wake up to but ending in disjointed confusion, TV on The Radio’s Nine Types of Light as a whole feels like it’s not a complete piece. Listening to individual songs you can feel the emotion and the goals of each tune but a solid theme seems to be missing. Which is fine, it just means you should break the album up before installing it to a playlist.
The upbeat start is quickly followed by dark sultry sounding gothic love song about the world ending. The band mixes traditional Japanese sound bites throughout the song making for a pleasant and unique sound. The dark side is washed away by the third song which is another perky love song. From here on out the songs don’t seem to follow any sort of theme. The artists send us on a kiddie-esque roller coaster from what feels like a break up to the possibility of a new romance. The coaster whips us around to an angry pacifist in “New Cannonball Blues” before dumping us into political and social unrest in “Repetition”. The ride picks up with a happy summer song before ending in a disjointed celebration of caffeine and consciousness.
Kudos to TV on The Radio for the inclusion of the Nine Types of Light movie. The artist combined with their favorite directors and New Yorkers to create another outlet to enjoy Nine Types of Light. The videos are lumped with similar theme which was not done with the album. Videos range from artistic computer animation to full on themed videos. In-between the section the band gives us a sneak peak into the minds of New Yorkers as they ponder questions about fame, love and dreams. “Forgotten” is my favorite video- you have to love a good kill the undead while your lover becomes a zombie video.
Overall the songs are great as independent pieces that I will piece meal with other songs to create a complete feel for my listening pleasure. I recommend you do the same.
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