Gotye (aka Wally de Backer)’s first full-length album, Like Drawing Blood, is a lively melee of sounds, instruments and styles. The tracks are have been recorded entirely by the artist, who plays all instruments, and has sampled a number of sounds in the tracks.
The music defies genre and borrows from a number of styles. Songs range from the strings-driven rhythmic tango of ”You’re Coming Back” to laidback, dreamy “Heart’s a Mess”. Gotye is a drummer firstly, and this is the reflected in each song, particularly in funk-inspired “The Only Way”, which features intricate rhythms at the song’s close. The reviewer’s pick, however, is “Thanks For Your Time” a cheeky critique of recorded tele-prompter calls, with an unforgetabble bass riff.
“Like Drawing Blood” is an independent release, available online through the artist’s website.
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