Artificial Go
Hopscotch Fever/musical Chairs
Both Artificial Go LPs combined on one CD. On Hopscotch Fever Jacob Mouser wrote: "Consisting of eight tight tracks, this debut is just that: an introduction. A little bit mercurial, a little bit iconic. Artificial Go is operating out of their own genrenot quite post-punk, not quite pop. Hopscotch Fever seems to have been recorded just outside of the collective-genre-periphery to form some sort of extraterrestrial kind of music. With angular guitar breaks, bouncing rhythms, and jolting vocals, Artificial Go is truly here on their own terms." And Ben Michaels said about Musical Chairs: "Recorded at Lambda Research and the haunted attic of the band's house, the core trio of Angie Willcutt, Micah Wu, and Cole Gilfilen have traded the sparse jangle of their debut for a broader, fuller sound this time around. Musical Chairs deftly meshes the angular excitability of Hopscotch Fever with a spectral warmth and expensiveness able to encompass acoustic guitars, Wu's almost metaphysical funk bass lines, tape loops and blips and bleeps, a guest spot by Eric Dietrich (of The Drin and Sorry Eric) on saxophone, and Gilfilen's hip moving boom-bap drumming add to the excitement. What's more, the band's comfort with each other (they live together for chrissake) and growing confidence in their collaborative creative process is evident throughout.