(Indie / Alt. Folk / Electronic) Eyeless In Gaza - Butterfly Attitude - 2012, MP3, 320 kbps

Specializing in alternative pop, post-punk, and art rock, the experimental British duo Eyeless in Gaza have enjoyed an enthusiastic cult following since the early 1980s. The music of Eyeless in Gaza has tended to be moody, quirky and atmospheric, drawing on influences that have ranged from Brian Eno, Pink Floyd and Pere Ubu to Roxy Music, David Bowie and the seminal Kraftwerk. Eyeless in Gaza experimented with electronics from the beginning, and they clearly admired Eno’s breakthroughs in the ambient electronic realm.
Butterfly Attitude is described as a “specially-commissioned sister work” to the band’s other new full-length album, Everyone Feels Like a Stranger.
You get seven tracks on the CD, all exploring the predominantly acoustic, folk-oriented sound that. has been EIG’s preference for some years now, with Bates’ pungent lead vocals cast in minimalist but muscular arrangements of guitar, percussion, harmonica, keyboards, bass, melodica, organ, banjo, ukelele, steel pans and “Morse code”. As ever, Becker and Bates conjure a precious ambience out of, and around, their performances: particularly resonant are ‘Dust’ and ‘The Day Began’, the latter recalling the unique sound design of classic Eyeless albums like Drumming The Beating Heart.