“SUSPENDED ANIMATION”
Well, supposedly this album was created in conjunction with Delerium Cordia, the ambient third studio album from Fantomas. Suspended Animation is similar to the first self-titled album, using cartoon samples instead of horror and kung-fu movie soundtracks. Ideas bounce around this album like the bubble machine in Willie Wonka. Just when you think you have a grasp of where the band is going, a contrasting blast of sound rips you out of complacency. Each song is based on a miniature holiday in the month of April; April 9th is the “Day of the Amazon Goddess” in Brazil, while April 30th is “National Honesty Day,” celebrated in the U.S. Take a moment to imagine what an Honesty Day would sound like—I thought it would be silence. Instead, Fantomas plays it as a Les Baxter lounge tune morphing into a Cro-Mags type of riff trailing off in ambient moaning. Then, Bugs Bunny asks, “What did you expect in an opera, a happy ending?” —Ipecac Records 2005
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