The album is called At War With Walls and Mazes. It's the creation of this guy nobody's really heard of previously, Ryan Lott, and it's awesomely strange. It's trip-hop, electronic, emo rock, classical, and the songs sprawl and morph until I feel like I'm in a 15 minute Godspeed epic where you wind up on a different planet from where you started, though the longest track is 5:41. His voice took me some getting used to, his singing sounds like he's about to cry, and lyrically he makes sufjan stevens sound like a godless tough guy, but the melodies are strong and the lyrics usually just 1 or 2 lines repeated over and over, so you make it through the first 30 seconds and the payoff comes when the beat and/or other sonic oddness kicks in.
I just discovered there's a cover of don't you forget about me on his myspace, but I like him anyway.
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I think i need to hear this dude's CD. I checked out his myspace but the tracks up there are kind of all over the place so it's a little hard to pin down what his deal is. I think his voice sounds like Thom Yorke a bit...
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