Artistic eccentricity leaks through every chord and melody in Tubelord‘s music. The technical comes hand in hand with the melodic, and the real charm lies in getting people lost in the flow of the songs.
Tezcatlipoca sees the band leaning more heavily on the ‘off-kilter pop’ elements that they’ve become crafted in, and the trio of songs keep it short it sharp.
Though Tubelord‘s sound will always be a little hard to describe to people, there’s a just a certain rare charm that exists in everything they do. Tezcatlipoca ranges from the borderline-euphoric (the chorus to ‘Ratchet’) to the upliftingly gentle (most of opener ‘Arbour’), and though the first few listens knock you back, it swiftly makes a huge amount of sense and the re-adjustment in style really suits the way they write music.
The UK kicks out some truly unique bands at times, and Tubelord are off in a league of their own for great ideas. Where this indicates the band are going for their next full length is hard to gauge for all the right reasons, but the last thing it’s going to be is dull.