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By: Wilfred Brandt
Date: 30th Jul 08
Release: Album
To Cure: Hypertension
WHAT
O SOUNDTRACK MY HEART
WHO
PIVOT
ON
WARP / INERTIA
MYSPACE
MYSPACE.COM/PIVOTPIVOT
The problem with so much jazz and electronic music is its dry, cerebral nature. Translation: it could use a nice big pair of old-fashioned balls.
Aussie trio Pivot's sophomore release O SOUNDTRACK MY HEART (their first for hugely influential UK label Warp) has all the smarts of a chemistry professor, yet still swings big balls like a longshoreman. A constantly evolving and ever-surprising mash-up of jazz-influenced, groove-heavy instrumental indie-rock, its like a video game version of a turf war between Trans Am, Battles, Ratatat, and Tortoise. Does that description sound good? You should hear the album.