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- Summary: The New York-based but Chicago-sounding post-rock outfit (think Isotope 217 or Tortoise) founded by Sasha Frere-Jones offers 13 new tracks on their first LP since 1998, and their first with new bassist (one of two) Erik Sanko of Skeleton Key.
- Record Label: Southern
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Answers has a heavy downtown spirit, with standard instruments played in a unique fashion, and an aggressive interplay that's nearly antagonistic.
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Answers is a document of how good instrumentals can be written without walls clearly delineating where the verse ends and the chorus begins.
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Sparse without feeling empty, clear without being awkwardly straightforward, Ui can remind even the most jaded of guitar gods that what Mingus (or Mike Watt or Peter Hook) did wasn't a fluke-- the bass doesn't have to be supplementary.
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An excellent instrumental rock disc with plenty of things thrown in the mix to keep things interesting.
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MagnetThe problem with Answers is the grooves are slathered in all that useless skill. [#60, p.119]
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The WireAt their worst, Ui thrash like run of the mill math-rockers, basses turned to 11 and meandering loudly.... What rescues them is a burgeoning melodic sensibility. [#233, p.71]