“Sinister
Farce” is my second experience with Long Pond and as per my usual rules I will
not go back and check the previous reviews for cheat codes or hints before
listening to and reviewing this, the second installment, if you will. The music of Long Pond on this cassette has
a complex simplicity, and while that seems like it shouldn’t be a thing because
of the oxymoron is it, Long Pond makes it as such.
What begins
with harmonious tones, drawn out in the way that church bells ring only longer
and with more of an ambient feel, takes us into sad strings and then eventually
into space. The word I used to describe this that I like best
is celestial, as it does seemingly take you through the sounds of the Milky Way
(based on sight). Even on the second
side we experience some of that Masters of the Universe keytar feel, but it
still has the underlying space whirrs to the overall tone
To
think of everything as being made up of atoms is perhaps too broad a thought,
but if you think of it more as any sort of group or collective bonding together
to form a greater whole that is what is happening in this music on “Sinister
Farce”. It sounds a certain way in
almost a basic sense, but you have to appreciate the many small facets working
together behind the scenes to create it as such.
As far
as the atmosphere goes, when I think about my earlier reference to MOTU, I find
that to be somewhat accurate though I don’t ever really remember He-Man going
into space. In fact, for the majority
of the animated series I remember watching as a kid (G.I. Joe, Transformers,
M.A.S.K., Thundercats, you know the line up), I don’t really remember any of
them going into space (Maybe a G.I. Joe episode or two), let alone being set
entirely in space.
For me,
“Sinister Farce” represents that forgotten childhood cartoon that was set
strictly in space and seemed to have that same animation as G.I. Joe, which you
can tell so easily when you see it It’s
like “Biker Mice From Mars” or “Capitol Critters” only, you know, it doesn’t
actually exist and you have to reach back into the furthest recesses of your
mind in order to create it and visualize it for yourself.
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