A FAVORITE FROM FIVE YEARS AGO
“Over the Edge”
from the album Miami
Original release date: September 21, 2004
iTunes
2004:
Miami is the album Elliott Smith would have made if ever in his short life he was trapped on a desert isle with a guitar, an iBook, and a copy of Kraftwerk’s Autobahn. The Go Find is a one man band, the living sweat of former Orange Black guitarist Dieter Sermes, who was so indie he then opened for the likes of Pavement and Stereolab. Given the tools he used to make it, this album should not sound as rich as it does, but his long-time friendship with Morr producer Arne “Styrofoam” Van Petegem more than likely had a lot to do with that being, as he taught Dieter the basics of electronic music production and all. With its mixture of cheap synths, uncomplicated guitar work, traveling beats, and rich sound with a hint of distortion, Miami sounds like a chance jam session between Luke Vibert and The Cure, which probably isn’t that far off from Orange Black jamming with Styrofoam now that I think of it. According to Dieter, the best way to enjoy his music is driving down the highway at dusk, but I’ve since found this situation to be very hard to write in, what with the driving and the darkness and all; so you’ll just have to trust his judgement and my memory that it’s good road music. Miami is upbeat yet calm, contemplative, interesting, and emotional. It’s a classic representation of the kind of quality indielectronics Morr should be world famous for and everything you need to pleasantly kill an hour of a trip.