Pattern
Is Movement
The (im)possibility of longing
Pattern Is Movement
PIM100
2004
www.patternismovement.com
It took me a while to get into
this one. Pattern Is Movement revisits the shoe-gazer, fey tactics of the
early 90’s and The (im)possibility of Longing left me wanting
a bit more out of this ensemble. The tracks are tight though and after a few
listens, it grew on me.
Perhaps it was with the song “Julius”; a speedy rant that pulls
the album up and keeps the listener from drifting into apathy, and kept me
from turning the disk into a trash-bound Frisbee. The songs are fanciful derivations
of the Ivo Watts Russel school of mediation and repetition. Not quite indie
pop, the sound that Pattern Is Movement strives for is a complexity as well
as the sugary coating normally attached to the pop genre. Each track creates
a moody universe that is both intriguing in it’s variation and a pleasure
to the ear as well. If Pattern Is Movement can convince me of their mission,
they will no doubt be able to convince you as well.
-John Southern