Music

The Megaphonic Thrift

John Rogers | Friday 3 December, 2010 11:43

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The idea of originality in music is a strange one. Everything sits somewhere on the family tree of previous sounds, and the idea of true originality is long since moot. The Megaphonic Thrift don’t even bother to try and sound original, shamelessly pillaging the back catalogues of great alt-rock and shoegaze bands like Sonic Youth and My Bloody Valentine, and generally sounding like a fan-made collage as a result. To some people this is anathema; but I’m not massively fussed, if the songs are good. Some very good bands are blatant copyists. One of the best rock ‘n’ roll albums of this millennium is comprised of covers – a homage to early funk and soul icons. The reproduction of Sonic Youth’s signature sound on display here, complete with male-female vocal interplay and intertwining guitar lines, is an interesting act in itself.

The Megaphonic Thrift – Dragon Vs Dust by snipelondon

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