7" of Separation

Out of Portland, Oregon, The Blow are an über-indie supergroup of sorts. Khaela Maricich has long been releasing albums under the Blow name, most recently a collection of soft and affecting folk songs. Also, she has a made quite a carrier out of performance art. So, it was fitting when Jona Bechtolt, the man behind Portland’s YACHT, joined the team. YACHT is not instantly digestible, with beats turning back on themselves and Atari-like clicks, but using YACHT beats as solid backbones to Blow lyrics is like pie for the ears, digestible all the way down.

Paper Television is the band’s latest and it brings together the earlier released ‘Pile of Gold’ (find an early version on the PDX 2005 comp) with nine new songs, all of which have strong moments. Not all songs are as dancey as ‘Pile’ but the disc starts out strong and pulls together strongly at the end for three closing tracks that make any drive a joy. This disc is short, only a drop over 30 min., but it is worth it.

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Check out the tomlab 7″ as well.