Metallic Life Review
by Matmos
- Type: Album
- Released: 20 June 2025
- Label: Thrill Jockey
- Country: United States
- Length: 41:10
- Community rating: 3.63/5 from 8 ratings
Artists on this release: Susan Alcorn, Owen Gardiner, Martin Schmidt, objects, Thor Harris, Jason Willett
Album Notes & Community Reviews
The experimental electronic duo constructs a profoundly cavernous and intensely complex concept album crafted entirely from manipulated metallic field recordings. Pushing their unique brand of musique concr猫te into highly mechanical, industrial-tinged IDM territory, the avant-garde project thrives on dizzying polyrhythmic sampling.
Genres
Descriptors: conceptual, sampling, instrumental, polyrhythm, complex, avant-garde, cavernous, experimental, electronic, sample-heavy, industrial
Tracklist
- Norway Doorway (4:14)
- The Rust Belt (5:06)
- Changing States (4:14)
- Steel Tongues (3:57)
- The Chrome Reflects Our Image (2:57)
- Metallic Life Review (20:42)
Credits
- Matmos - primary artist, copyright
- Thor Harris - objects [fence rake connectors, cheese grater, afro rake], gong, steel drums [steel tongue drum], cymbal [ride cymbal], finger cymbals [zills], tubular bells [aluminium], cymbal [bowed ride cymbal], steel drums [steel tongue drum]
- Alejandro Quiles - musical assistance [processing assistence]
- Obie Feldi - objects [aluminium foil]
- Susan Alcorn - pedal steel guitar
- Owen Gardiner - glockenspiel
- Jason Willett - electric guitar