Telepopmusic - Angel Milk
By: Patrick Vu | Category: Album Archive | 03/11/05 | 12:26 AM
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Grade: B | Genre:
Trip Hop
Summary: "Angel Milk" is music to calm the nerves. It's that sound you hear in the background of a trendy coffee shop that evens the mood and has you in your own world. |
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 If you think you've never heard of Telepopmusik, chances are you've seen the Mitsubishi SUV commercial featuring the hypnotic, "Just Breathe." The beautiful and multi-layered club mix generated ample buzz and garnered new fans for the French Trio of Fabrice Dumont, Stephan Haeri (aka 2Square), and Christophe Hetier (aka Antipop).
Telepopmusik is back with a new album, "Angel Milk," focusing more on their strengths of melody and airy voices while taking a step back to honor the influential sounds of Blues and Big Band Jazz.
2002's "Genetic World" never could live up to the hype that "Just Breathe" showered onto them. It lost track of the sound that attracted so many new listeners. Too much British Rap and spoken word and not enough of the Billie Holiday-esk singing that perfectly fit their sound were their downfall.
"Angel Milk" is a lesson learned as Telepopmusik answers the critics who said they couldn't move past "Breathe." The first track "Don't Look Back" lulls us into submission and has us in a trance. A lover's command to move forward and to not look back suggests a time to move on. "Breathe" is over and life continues.
The album's anthem of love and empowerment continues on through "Into Everything," but then takes an interesting turn with "Love's Almighty" which sounds more like something that would be fitting of James Bond when he had that 60's swagger.
Of course, it's hard to let go of bad habits as evident with the forgettable rap stylings of "Hollywood on my Toothpaste" and "Last Train to Anywhere" which take us nowhere. Don't worry, "Angel Milk" quickly gets back on track, and induces blissful peace to calm the soul.
Had it not been for the last two tracks, "Angel Milk" would have received higher marks for Telepopmusik. After telling us that "we're on our own and to have fun," "Another Day" goes silent a quarter of the way through and leads into "15 minutes" of more silence. The brief spoken verse about meditation symbolized by "flying," which intros "15 minutes," sounds more pretentious than profound and has no place on the album. If it makes sense to you, please explain it to me by leaving a comment at the end of the page.
"Angel Milk" is music to calm the nerves. It's that sound you hear in the background of a trendy coffee shop that evens the mood and has you in your own world.
Be sure to add it to your "Chill" collection.
Really like new album. Song "Into Everything" takes a breath and style is unuusual.
Besides that song Another Day is really natural inspiration.
Some songs can be heard on my page .
Posted by: kenan at March 21, 2005 08:45 AM
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