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- Date Released: August 3, 2004
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Style: Indie Rock
- Label: Jetset Records
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We Say...
Ever since Macha's previous album, 2000's collaborative Macha Loved Bedhead, the marriage of electronica and world music has birthed countless hybrid offspring, each offering exotic variations on new and old drones. Yet rather than suggesting a well-stocked sample library, Kai Riedl and brothers Mischo and Joshua McKay play much of the Indonesian instrumentation heard on their albums — as well as the more conventional guitar, bass, drums and keyboards — themselves, and with results way closer to rock than easy listening. On Forget Tomorrow, they distill their sprawling trance sounds into danceable near-pop tunes that suggest the morose vocals, melodic bass lines, scratchy guitars, swoony synths and snappy club beats of vintage New Order, but with vibraphones, gamelan gongs, dulcimers and other alien percussion floating through the funky gloom. The ornate hums of old are now hummable, and the band's newfound accessibility bolsters their emotional depth; Macha, it turns out, haven't sold their souls for power, corruption and lies.
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They Say...
Four years since their last release -- the wonderful collaboration Macha Loved Bedhead -- and five years after their last proper album, See It Another Way, came out, Macha returned with Forget Tomorrow. The band attempts to make up for lost time by incorporating the synth pop and punk-funk trends of the early 2000s into the fusion of indie rock and pan-cultural music that made the band so distinctive-sounding in the '90s. However, these nods to recent and current musical fads end up detracting from Macha's sound as often as they enhance it; "Forget Tomorrow" itself borrows from both dream pop and synth pop, but sounds forced and hollow, especially compared to artists like Dykehouse, whose Midrange treads similar ground with more vitality and imagination. "(Do the) Inevitable"'s punk-funk vamps work a little better with Macha's already established aesthetic, allowing the band to indulge its fondness for exotic percussion in a way that's new for them. Forget Tomorrow is also hampered by several interludes, like "While the People Sleep" and "D-D-D," that sound unfinished and neither tie the album together nor embellish it. Thankfully, the album gets weirder and better as it progresses, with tracks like "Paper Tiger" and "Calming Passengers" offering a happy medium between the extremes of their new and old sounds. "Now Disappearing" is a particular highlight, creating a lovely and slightly unreal atmosphere out of synths, hammered dulcimer, and what sounds like a little girl singing backward. The gorgeous Asian strings and gamelan underpinnings of "Sub II" make it another standout track; even if its guitars are a little overblown, it's still more artful than the first half of Forget Tomorrow might suggest. Likewise, "No Surprise Party" closes the album much more successfully than it begins: despite the slightly cheesy phased vocals, it's an unusual mix of kinetic basslines, fireworks, and shimmering Asian instrumentation. Still, it's not really surprising that the more unusual moments on Forget Tomorrow are among the album's best, since Macha's uniquely inclusive perspective was a big part of what made their earlier albums so good. Despite its flaws, Forget Tomorrow has enough beauty and creativity to suggest that Macha's best music may still be ahead of the band.
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Forget Tomorrow |
5:01 |
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| 02. | |
(Do The) Inevitable |
3:45 |
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| 03. | |
D-D-D |
2:47 |
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| 04. | |
While The People Sleep |
2:21 |
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| 05. | |
Smash & Grab |
4:44 |
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| 06. | |
It's Okay Paper Tiger |
3:56 |
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| 07. | |
Cmon Cmon Oblivion |
4:44 |
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| 08. | |
Back In Baby's Arm |
1:27 |
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| 09. | |
Now Disappearing |
3:43 |
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| 10. | |
From The Merak Lounge |
2:17 |
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| 11. | |
Calming Passengers |
3:41 |
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Sub II |
3:13 |
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| 13. | |
No Surprise Party |
5:58 |
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13 Total Tracks, 47:37 Total Length
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Credits
- Andy Baker - Voices // Andy Baker - Engineer // Andy Baker - Mixing // Andy Baker - Guest Appearance // Andy LeMaster - Chimes // Andy LeMaster - Handclapping // Andy LeMaster - Engineer // Andy LeMaster - Mixing // Andy LeMaster - Low Vocals // Andy LeMaster - Guest Appearance // Macha - Main Performer // Glenn Schick - Mastering // Josh McKay - Vocals // Josh McKay - Producer // Josh McKay - Design // Josh McKay - Layout Design // Josh McKay - Instrumentation // Mischo McKay - Drums // Mischo McKay - Design // Mischo McKay - Layout Design // Kai Riedl - Producer // Kai Riedl - Performer // Tall Paul Hankins - Viola // Daniel Rickard - Guitar // Daniel Rickard - Drums // Daniel Rickard - Engineer // Daniel Rickard - Vibraphone // Daniel Rickard - Mixing // Daniel Rickard - Guest Appearance
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