Released
June 1999

Label
Get Happy!! Records

Reviewed by
Jason X

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Last Edit/Update
25 June, 1999

Crevice

Think of Pleasant Things

Track Listing

1. part 1
2. part 2
3. part 3
4. part 4

     Upon looking at the cover of Think of Pleasant Things, I am perplexed on what to expect from this group. Reading the accompanying insert, it seems they have quite a disposal of electronic equipment on hand: Moogs, E-bow, Nord Lead, etc. Let's not forget this was published in...gasp...Germany. Will I expect an ambient, ethereal sound or will this be of a minimal noise-type of structure? Ok enough rambling because I seem to be boring you already.

     Ok track one plays. Do I get the distorted sounds of a Hawaiian Lua? It just seems to make me feel like I'm sitting on a beautiful, palm tree-lined beach drinking a blue Corona with the colors around blurring in technicolor. Next minute, I'm feeling like I'm on a lone range in a cyber-frontier chewing on a straw. Ok let's blaze those saddles and mosey on up to track 2, which is conveniently named, Part 2.

     Well now here's a little change of pace. Now part 2 takes me on an ethereal adventure into my psyche. Don't you just love this psychological babble? Now I'm really getting in tuned here. I should place that blue-gel eye thing my mother wears over my eyes now. It'd help me delve deeper into my thoughts. Chilling as it may be, it sure does put a relaxing feel to your eyes after wearing glasses all day. Ok so now midway through this track, I feel the need to hop on a camel and tame the desert sand or some lame line like that. I'm sorry but this track makes me feel invincible. Almost like a cybernetic Lawrence of Arabia. Let's get back down to Earth now.

     Track 3!!! Hey you're a bit noisey to begin with. Oh wait no it must be a scratched record from back in the days when Mr Glassberg was young. When was that, the Renaissance-era? Just kidding Bert. Anyway this track is scaring the crap out of me. This monotone voice served at a loud volume just made me accidentily drop a Tetris block out of place. "Think of Pleasant Things." Yeah I'll try if you'd just stop scaring the hell out of me. Oh wait was that a bit of singing from Singing In The Rain? Bah who cares! Let's go to track 4. This guy made me lose my game!

     Ok now that the era of Fedoras and trenchcoats have passed, we'll move on to the future. Danger Will Robinson! No this is not the score to the Lost In Space sequel. This is well....ambient. Hold on a bit, my cryo-chamber suit has a leak in it. Oh there all better. Now it is time for me to just lie here in frozen solid ice for eons and eons. What fun. Hey was that a Protoss ship just passing us? Nah it must be a meteorite from Uranus. Ok was that a monkey I heard near the last few minutes or was it just some mime having a seizure? In any case, it sure as hell is annoying. How the hell am I to look my best when we meet with the little, blue men with these noises?

     Well now you expect some feedback about this album. It is a decent album that can be compared to such acts as Lumin or a lighter Future Sound of London. There seem to be such a huge use of electronics displayed throughout this entire production. They all seem to be layered on each other. It reminds me of the music to this game I played not too long ago for the Super Nintendo called Earthbound. Just the spacey parts of the game, but overall decent.