On Repeat: Fuck Buttons: "Sweet Love for Planet Earth" [MP3]
Bristol-based experimental duo Fuck Buttons have a strike against them right out of the gate: Exercising almost impossibly poor judgment, they called themselves Fuck Buttons. But in a world where even a group called something like Broken Social Scene can transcend their bandname's overwrought connotations to get at the heart of some really great music, it may not prove that great an obstacle.
Though Andrew Hung and Benjamin John Power have been recording together for years, beginning this project primarily as an outlet for the kind of abrasive, face-melting carnage put forth by noise purists like Wolf Eyes, Prurient, and Forcefield, the duo has since incorporated more ethereal and melodic elements to craft a sound that more closely resembles Rainbow, Boris' more restrained recent collaboration with Ghost frontman Michio Kurihawa.
That restraint is the key to their seven-minute "Sweet Love for Planet Earth": While the vocals, buried deep in the mix, are pure throat-shred, they're a striking contrast against the twinkling keys, clacking percussion, and lush, supermelodic guitar drone.
MP3: > Fuck Buttons: "Sweet Love for Planet Earth" [MP3 only]