'Three' opens with a subtle keyboard riff, and the track slowly builds up with percussion, keys and effected guitar in the manner of old-school pre-Millennial dance music: gradual incremental additions of sounds and themes; loops of one, four, eight or sixteen bars in length gradually combining without clashing, blending into a rich and mellow soundscape with Balaeric overtones. And then, without realising it, you find yourself taking off into a wide blue sky of washing guitars, this launch into the atmosphere accomplished seemingly without effort. It's blissful stuff - the soundtrack to a bright sunny day or a beautiful dream of hallucinogenic freedom, shot through with little incidental flecks of brass, crescendoing onward and upward ... until, just as suddenly and seamlessly as the launch, you're back on the ground again, exhilarated and refreshed. The seven songs on Saturation Point's record are numbered, not named, and each of them uses the same basic ideas as above, but with considerable variations of emphasis. Some of the tracks are more guitar driven, featuring rocky riffs combined with crashing cymbals and wig-out wah-wah soloing. Others lean more toward the spacious ambience of post-rock or Pink Floyd's more subtle moments - liquid landscapes of sound as intimate as they are epic. It's a striking display of diversity and inventiveness that's as difficult to categorise as it is to ignore. So sit back in the sunshine, roll another number, and turn it up loud – there's time enough to go flying for the afternoon, and Saturation Point make a fine volunteer pilot.
Track Listing:-
1 Three_Point_One2 Three_Point _Two
3 Three_Point_Three
4 Three_Point_Four
5 Three_Point_Five
6 Three_Point_Six
7 Three_Point_Seven
most viewed articles
current edition
The Church - Interview with Steve KilbeySimon Heavisides - Destiny Stopped Screaming: The Life and Times of Adrian Borland
In Dreams Begin Responsibilities - #15- On Being Dignified and Old aka Ten Tips From Jah Wobble On How To Be Happy.
Secret Shine - Interview
Vetchinsky Settings - Interview
Repomen - Ten Songs That Made Me Love...
Jack Roscoe - Interview
Sami Sumner - Interview
Near Jazz Experience - Interview
Flaming Stars - Interview
most viewed reviews
current edition
Lewis 'Burner' Pugh - Bullets for BreadIan Hunter - Defiance Part 2: Fiction
Inutili - A Love Supreme
Kula Shaker - Natural Magick
Smalltown Tigers - Crush On You
Hillbilly Moon Explosion - Back in Time
David Cross Band - Ice Blue Silver Sky
My Life Story - Loving You is Killing Me
Beyonce - Cowboy Carter
Ty Segall - Three Bells
Pennyblackmusic Regular Contributors
Adrian Janes
Amanda J. Window
Andrew Twambley
Anthony Dhanendran
Benjamin Howarth
Cila Warncke
Daniel Cressey
Darren Aston
Dastardly
Dave Goodwin
Denzil Watson
Dominic B. Simpson
Eoghan Lyng
Fiona Hutchings
Harry Sherriff
Helen Tipping
Jamie Rowland
John Clarkson
Julie Cruickshank
Kimberly Bright
Lisa Torem
Maarten Schiethart