Wolf Eyes
While the musical styles certainly go in different directions, the new albums from Wolf Eyes and Oneohtrix Point Never have plenty in common.
Oneohtrix Point Never, the project of producer Daniel Lopatin, just released Garden of Delete, which is probably best described as an experimental electronic album. I Am a Problem: Mind in Pieces is the latest album from Detroit noise rock band Wolf Eyes.
Both albums challenge our notion of what constitutes music or song. The influence of industrial music is present on both releases. Largely made up of textures of layered sounds both albums still dabble in melody. To be sure, there are far more confrontational examples of experimental music being made today.
But Lopatin and Wolf Eyes may hold slightly more revered positions at the moment as they happen to bring noise and experimentation into the forefront of the mainstream. Both albums are getting positive critical notice (and for good reason). And each act is getting a nod from superstar admirers. Lopatin opened concerts for Nine Inch Nails and Soungarden last year while Wolf Eyes’ new LP is on Jack White’s record label.
On Garden of Delete, Lopatin uses synthesizer, rapid-fire percussion, auto-tune and many other electronic sound effects to create an often disturbing, sometimes uncomfortable feeling that’s also just as likely to draw the listener in.
This is old hat for Wolf Eyes, which has been harshing peoples’ mellow since the late ’90s. On I Am a Problem, the intensity continues though there’s something ever so accessible compared with the band’s earlier work.
Oneohtrix Point Never:
All the Young Punks 