Tuesday 10.16.07: Echo and WOXY.com present – MATTHEW DEAR’S BIG HAND TOUR

Matthew Dear || Listen

“With his new album, Asa Breed, Dear finally makes good on his long-awaited metamorphosis. It’s not that the record is a straightforward pop romp: It’s still anchored in Dear’s lumbering beats, its rhythms cobbled together from misfiring drum machines and colored with barely-in-tune keyboards and yellowing room tone. Still, Dear pulls together his widest array of elements yet, not just in terms of instrumentation– electric and acoustic guitars, live drums, and haphazard percussion all play strong roles– but also style: Hints of new wave, indie rock, Afropop, and even country enliven Asa Breed. Dear’s mercurial approach to genre, however, feels less like dabbling than a kind of shambling dandyism, trying on mismatched styles with a sidelong wink in the mirror.” – Pitchfork

with:
Mobius Band || Listen

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