Three Imaginary Girls
written by: ? (8.04.2004)
Do you have annoying friends who like smooth jazz, the most evil form of contemporary music we know, because it helps them "relax?" At long last, This is a Process of a Still Life offers the indie-rockers' solution to smooth jazz. Welcome to halfway-to-new-age! This is what people should play when they're getting a massage, and they should burn incense, and we could all get into it. Blissfully zen out with their moody and evocative instrumentation; it's blissful without boredom, and intellectual without pretention. While it's difficult for a six-piece all-male instrumental art band to captivate my pop-rock lyric-lovin' ear, This is a Process has succeeded.
I played it for igLiz, who said, "I imagine it as the background music for the Mt St Helens documentary. "Earth. A majestic wonder. But also — the great avenger! Da Da DAH!" And then they show the lava. I'm saying, it's like that."
I'd be remiss not to point out the awesome song titles, all lowercase, including, "oh god, the lights are going dim," "pretty is predictable," and my favorite, "cross my heart, hope you die." This is the Process... could create "The Wall" for the new millenium, and I'd bet my Cure boxset that Michael X and other Mogwai/Building Press fanatics will lose their shit for them. Per their website, there's a tentative tour date in Seattle for mid-October 2004. We'll be sure to add any show dates we can find to our imaginary calendar.
