Five years is an epoch in 'net music time, but Athens, Georgia boys Maserati are dialing up another dose of post-rock that should capture the Tortoise in you. For Inventions For The New Season, their first outing since '02-released The Language Of Cities, the band has recruited Gerhardt Fuchs (!!!, LCD Soundsystem, the Juan Maclean) for drum duty, and those that have caught 'em on tour with the Chkers come home raving. The Trans Am-ified ride "The World Outside" sees the instrumental quartet building a delayed-out one-bar guit figure to crashing crescendo and back again, while the fractal "12/16" takes the same conceit on a half-time/straight-rock groove detour. If you didn't catch the metaphors ... Maserati makes good driving music.
Maserati - "The World Outside" (MP3)
Maserati - "12/16" (MP3)
Inventions For The New Season is available via Temporary Residence LTD.
