Dissociative Identity Quartet - Melodies and Voices
Released: September 13 Melodies and Voices has something enigmatic about it compared to the previous work presented by Dissociative Identity Quartet. While the amorphous group of (presumably) four persons is known for pushing electronic boundaries and doing some odd things, this is is the first album in which they tried to constrain their more esoteric impulses and bring us what they consider to be their first real “pop” album. Now, in all honesty, the pop influence in this album is rather strong with elegant vocal performances throughout and a fair dose of accessible melodies. But this is still a DID album and all the bizarre intricacies of their musical stylings is still present. This unwieldy blend of influences is instant apparent from the very beginning with “We’ve fallen apart.” Here we have some interesting synth layers coalescing into something unusual with a sincere sense of pop direction in its vocals but a subversion of it in the arrangement of those layerings. Fo...
