Kontakte - Soundtracks to Lost Road Movies

Is there a post-rock band in the world that doesn't resent that tag? Fact is, those two words conjure some pretty vivid notions and, in this case, if that notion is early Mogwai you're very close to the mark for opening track Pacific Coast Highway. It's as close to Ten Rapid or Young Team as can surely be mustered. An obvious difference between this London trio and the aforementioned Lanarkshire quintet is the reliance on synthetic drum samples, more akin to the colder digital fixations of 65 Days of Static. As it progresses, Soundtracks... veers in that more electronic, ethereal direction, the second half comprised solely of remixes by such luminaries as Chris Olley of Six By Seven and Tim Holmes of Death In Vegas. All engaging as Soundtracks... is though, one can't really ignore the fact that it sounds a little dated. Touching stuff all the same. [Chris Cusack