Doomtree - "The Grand Experiment" (Track Review)

Efter udgivelser som Dessa's A Badly Broken Code og Sims' Bad Time Zoo er jeg gået hen og blevet Doomtree-fan. Vi har her at gøre med et hold af kunstnere, der dyrker originalitet i sit mest komplette væsen, og samtidig kan deres håndværk måle sig med det bedste af det bedste. Doomtree må vel faktisk betegnes som en af nutidens mest helstøbte super-grupper. Og nu ved jeg godt, at den der "super-gruppe" -betegnelse lægger op til større diskussion, for hvad er egentlig definitionen af en sådan? - Men P.O.S., Cecil Otter, Dessa, Sims, Mike Mictlan, Lazerbeak og Papertiger udgør ganske simpelt bare så sublimt et kollektiv, at "super" vel er det mindste man kan kalde dem.

Gruppen er ved at være klar til at udgive deres tredje album, med titlen No Kings (what's up Ye and Jay?!) som skulle ramme gaden d. 22. november. Pre-orders er allerede oppe (her) - jeg er selv hoppet på super-deluxe pre-orderen.

Første track, "The Grand Experiment", fra deres nye album er ude, og det er altså good stuff kære venner, lyt og læs med her. Jeg glæder mig som en vanvittig!

Doomtree "The Grand Experiment" by doomtree. Uploaded with Scup

DESSA
It begins with a flash / I know they say it ends the same / bit of skill, bit of chance / now every player guess the game / we start with these planets waltzing through the darkness / tip the axis, that one’s ours / zoom the camera in, cue lights up, dim the stars / We shape the stone / paint our pictures on the wall / we hunt alone, plant in spring / learn to harvest in the fall / and we choose a king, mine the metals for his forges / to better wage our wars and all of Olympus is laughing / until we go and split the atom

SIMS
Push that metal on down the road, we built this city on coal and gold / Money that trickles out, fill up that cup and sip it down / from the salt in the sails on down the rails / Everything’s for sale is the golden rule / including…well, I’m no fool / They get in a rush in a haze but I get out of mind, out of body, out of pocket / I don’t mind putting on a bit of mileage, but I won’t auto pilot with my eyelids shut / I’m still gunning, but I learned what’s worth hunting / and I learned what’s worth nothing / saw it / read it / outdone it

STEF (hook)
There’s no escape / They always looking for that easy out / but there’s nowhere to go

CECIL
Now all the parts are running, sparks are spilling out the gears / Over some thousand faces waiting years to see this work / Aching cause they need it first / Patient, but they seem berserk / Craving for that feast of merch / Yo! Save a slice for me and her / Isn’t it marvelous…just darling (it’s the newest thing) / It’s totally harmless, but it’s charming (it’s the cutest thing) / But, it bites…not hard…just hard enough to break the skin / and your bone / and your back / and the bank / But wait, it comes with a warranty / for a week, and that’s respectable / It’s cheap and it’s ethical…well, it’s ethical…well, it’s magical really / See, you put the cash in the till, fill in the blanks and that’s it / For my next trick I’ll need your password and an exit / and then poof / cue the fog machine

(Hook)

MIKE
Modern man / out of hand / motor mind / off the line / automate the operator / Can you hear me clearly? / I’m gonna live forever / give me guerilla arms / sling shot me into outer space in hyper colored glitter bombs / We’ll make our mark huh? / They’ll put no stops to us / We’ll leave our footprints on foothills and dance the Megatropolis / pushing evolution faster / catching continental drifts / Desperately Seeking Solutions to problems we know we’ll never fix / In the belly of a robot / out the valley of a microchip / Dialysis in Wonderland/ Apple Z the viruses / I’ve never been myself, there is no human experience / you can’t Apple S yourself / this is The Grand Experiment

- Jeppe Barslund