Mmm, so I just heard that a new album from Andrew Hung and Benjamin John Power aka Fuck Buttons will be dropping October 20 and it’s safe to say that I’m ecstatic. Although their Street Horrrsing debut dropped last year, Fuck Buttons enthusiasts know very well that this band has been winning over our hearts and minds for a good two and a half years now…I remember streaming “Sweet Love For Planet Earth” for the first time just after New Years ‘07 while laying in a pal’s bed and not knowing what was going on. Is this an ambient screamo band? No, it’s just what Fuck Buttons do; they magnify beauty. As far as info goes Andrew Weatherall is covering production and the album is called Tarot Sport – track list after the jump but I’m looking forward to hearing “Space Mountain.” Describing “Surf Solar,” the first track on the new record as well as the first single, Hung shares that “Without a conscious effort, this track acts as a bridge between Street Horrrsing and Tarot Sport–it has an emotion attached to it that is unique to us: one of anxiety. It’s an urgent track.” These sounds are like listening to the washing machine with the door open, so delicate that you want to take a closer examination but there must be caution for it’s not ideal to have your eardrums mauled.
Listen to a sample of “Surf Solar” here.
