#tin lion

SEEN: Tin Lion - "Make The Scene"

Ok. I’ll be honest, I know literally *nothing* about music made on machines. I’ve just got no frame of reference. I’m a huge fan of lots of it, but I couldn’t tell you *why* if my life depended on it. I don’t know the genres, I don’t know the influences, I can’t hear an electronic record and understand what’s lighting up the bit in my brain that tells me that I like it. So, fair warning, this review is going to be appalling for anyone who does understand stuff that goes bleep. You’re going to hate me by the end of this.

Ok, first up, this video looks like it’s been streamed in via a Nintendo, blocky and strange, and I think that’s awesome. It’s less something that you watch than something you’d expect to be projected on a wall somewhere, which is cool as all giddyup. There’s also that section of video where it’s basically this cool-looking robot that’s been totally pixelated which just sits there and flickers at you. That’s just rad.

I also really like the clanging snare, which pangs its way through the whole tune like someone’s banging a nail through the back of your head. In a good way, obviously. I’m fairly sure the bloopy arpeggios are clever, but to be honest I’m not certain. They’re fun though.

The vocals though are the best bits. Totally deadpan. Like he’s staring at you with utter contempt. That’s punk rock, and I understand that at least. Pretty sure he’s making a point of some kind about scenes, a point which may or may not be satirical – but since he’s not screaming it at a hundred miles an hour over a blistering guitar background (and since I’m really stupid) I can’t be entirely sure. Still, it’s a good bit, you’ll like it. Makes me want to raise a single eyebrow and look at you like you’re a terrible fashion victim.

Oh, there’s also this great noise that kind of dongs all the way through it, like someone’s just punched a whale. That’s a killer sound.