May 26. 2010
El Ángel Exterminador
The Beige, Independent, 2010
There's nothing bland about the Beige's second album, El Ángel Exterminador. Named after a Luis Bunuel film that features a group of people who become existentially trapped in a room at a dinner party, the album sinisterly uses a smooth and almost playful ambient jazz-pop sound, juxtaposed against apocalyptic-flavoured lyrics of death, squalor and disassociation. Like some bizarre alchemy, this strange combination works incredibly well, creating a balance between dark and light that is surprisingly uplifting and joyful.
-Jim Dean
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