Everything Is Chemical’s 10Q’s w/Oppressed By The Line
..hazey-electronic Nu-Dream Pop/the kind of slumber you don’t want to wake from. You’re warm, comforted/relaxed, and only aware of your inner surroundings. The soundtrack to this moment is brought to you by..
The Sound Awake Top 10: 2009
Oppressed by the Line’s “Kiku” was number 5 in The Sound Awake’s Top 10 of 2009.See the full list here
the NMR: the best of 2009
Oppressed by the Line’s “Kiku” figured into the best 100 of 2009 list at the New Music Review blog.See the full list here
Happy New Year Everyone!
2009. a chaotisch und charmant melodic retrospective
Chaotisch und Charmant have named “One Thousand Red Stars” from Kiku by Oppressed by the Line as number 43 on it’s list of top 50 songs of 2009.Read the article
Chaotisch und Charmant’s: 2009. the 40 albums of the year
Chaotisch und Charmant named Kiku by Oppressed by the Line as number 15 on it’s list of top 40 albums of the year.Read the article
DFP001 » A Trip Down Memory Lane
We’ve posted the first Drifting Falling Podcast. It’s hosted at Mixcloud. It’s a recording from an Oppressed by the Line DJ set at an M83 show in London in 2004. It’s called, “A Trip Down Memory Lane”. Enjoy.
Kiku reviewed by Space City Rock
Space City Rock review Oppressed by the Line’s latest “Kiku”.My personal favorite, though, has to be “Paper Cranes” — I can’t help but dig the steadily-building beats and vocals that sound like they’re being broadcast from inside the airlock of a space station somewhere high above the planet (complete with the cool little electronic beep that precedes Thompson’s vocal lines). Once the guitars switch on, covering the whole thing with a woolly blanket of fuzzed-out melodic noise reverently swiped from Kevin Shields, I’m fully sold. Majestic and awesome, with all the open-mouthed wonderment you should feel at discovering a new place for yourself.
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