... That is until now and the release of Heroes To Zeros, which seems to have finally appeased the band.
The album is another step forward for the band as they continue to mature and at the same time their music seems to be progressing with them. The early days brought about a lot of sampling ... Read review
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The sleeve toHeroes to Zeros, the third album from the Beta Band, depicts them as garishly
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clad cartoon superheroes, bursting from the frame to confront the forces of evil and deliver a mighty smackdown. Anyone familiar with the career of these Scots r...
Heroes To Zeros -
The sleeve toHeroes to Zeros, the third album from the Beta Band, depicts them as garishly
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clad cartoon superheroes, bursting from the frame to confront the forces of evil and deliver a mighty smackdown. Anyone familiar with the career of these Scots r...
Advantages: A superb album, very catchy, entertains throughout Disadvantages: Still Tragicly underrated
...now and the release of Heroes To Zeros, which seems to have finally appeased the band.
The album is another step forward for the band as they continue to mature and at the same time their music seems to be progressing with them. The early days brought about a lot of sampling and Lo-Fi dubbing. Now 3 albums down the line they rely more on the guitar riffs, featuring a higher number of guitar solo’s than on previous albums. Of course this shows a ... ...up to a wider audience. The tracks are all the work of lead singer/guitar Stephen Mason. He has blended together a diverse mixture of subjects to create 12 tracks for the bands new work. He’s relied mainly on world events drawing in his feelings on Terrorism and War. This has lead to the album being a little more aggressive than previous albums. This aids with the mixture of mellower tracks with a the more upbeat. If they had someone with weaker ...
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Album Notes: Scotland's Beta Band made their name at the tail end of the 1990s by mixing contemporary electronic production techniques with '60s/'70s prog/psych influences and utilizing an inclusive and eclectic post-Beck aesthetic. Three albums in, they're still mixing and matching like drug-addled patchwork quilters; funky synth bass rubs up against Beach Boys-like harmonies and jangling Britpop guitars, while a penchant for sonic experimentalism nestles with surprising ease alongside more conventional songwriting values. Despite the gloriously hither-and-yon approach, though, there's more of a consistent and substantive feel on HEROES TO ZEROS than could be found on its predecessor, HOT SHOTS II, boding well for the group's longevity.
Album Reviews: Magnet (p.87) - "HEROES TO ZEROES is psychedelic in the very best sense of the word, with lyrics that reflect the angst-ridden state of modern living and the blurry reality of the waking dream..."
Titles on disc 1
1.: Assessment
2.: Space
3.: Lion Thief
4.: Easy
5.: Wonderful
6.: Troubles
7.: Out Side
8.: Space Beatle
9.: Rhododendron
10.: Liquid Bird
11.: Simple
12.: Pure For
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