Battles @ The Liquid Room

Creators of one of the most original and definitive albums of the year
Event preview by Ally Brown.
Published 08 October 2007

Battles really broke through this year - the Warp-signed supergroup-of-sorts blew 2007 apart with their debut single Atlas in February, and first album Mirrored in April. We gave the album a rare 5-star review and six months later, it's definitely still worth that - one of the most original and definitive albums of the year, it's a shoe-in for our Top 10 come Christmas. Excitingly, they're coming to Scotland to tour this marvel, though it might be difficult to fit eight and a quarter drum-kits on stage. We could go on about Mirrored's krautrock rhythms or math-rock meters; how it's both instrumental prog-Rock (with a capital R) and Aphex-inspired IDM; how it sounds like some futuristic alien race has sent us their iPod playlist, and some of their singers too. It's both, it's all four, all six - it's like nothing else out there, so go see for yourselves at the Liquid Room. [Ally Brown]

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