Good Luck by Animalweapon is like jumping into a fantastical indie electronic video game. Level one, the first three tracks of the record, are the introduction. They’re the training section before you’re sent off into the real sound of Animalweapon.
This record takes the mind on a trip in every sense of the word. The listener’s mission is to figure out whether or not they can keep up with the variety and range of both emotion and sound that is thrown at the listener in each song.
There are certainly buried gems within these tracks, some of which are harder to capture than others. A number of them paint the picture of magically warped beats. They’re a path to follow, marked by a trail of rather explosive kicks, drums and snares that go off at pleasantly unexpected moments in every song. Think fireworks.
The group does a great job of slowing down the tempo with tracks like “Mexican Standoff,” and crescendoing into the audio equivalent of sparklers.
But some of the introductory tracks such as “Something Like,” and “Giant Robot Apocalypse” lack the ripeness of those at the tail end of the record. Yet, the album provides a winding journey into intriguing sounds resembling those of Purity Ring, only in this case, led by satisfyingly murmuring male vocals.
Tracks definitely worthy of being saved onto the memory card include “Rhen Var,” “The Alchemist” and “Automate.” Good luck to all those planning to lend an ear to this album. However, they may not need it — Animalweapon has definitely delivered a good listen.
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