Fuck Buttons - 'Slow Focus'

By Jacob Eckert

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Fuck Buttons have made their name through the outstanding noise soundscapes constructed on previous efforts like Tarot Sport (2009) and Street Horrrsing (2008).Unfortunately, their new album seeks to bridge the gap between these noisy atmospheres and a more commercial sound, leading to the mediocre mixture of these two op-posing forces that is Slow Focus.Tarot Sport seemed to indicate that Fuck Buttons would continue with a more distorted, turbulent sound for their future, so it’s a shame to see them adding an unnecessary element of accessibility to their sound.Slow Focus is by no means a bad record, and it’s still undeniably the work of the very skilled Fuck Buttons, but it’s ultimately a disappointment to see where the band has taken the sound. Hopefully they will continue to develop the very focused blasts of noise displayed in their earlier records.[soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/12654402" params="color=ff6600&auto_play=false&show_artwork=true" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /]