Battles - Mirrored - Warp Records, 2007
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I picked this up last week after watching the videos for their two singles "Atlas" and "Tonto". You might recognise "Atlas" from being used in the advert for Honda's Civic Type R advert run in the UK.

Why recommend? Well, the amount of musicianship on display on this CD is phenomenal. The music grooves, veers and hauls in a way that only music played by a band who's players understand each other empathically. If I had to make a comparison to other bands (and their combination of guitar and hi-tech makes their music difficult to compare) I would have to say they come close to some of the polyrhythmic approach of "Beat" / "Discipline" era King Crimson.

Recording quality is spot on with the full frequency range being used - plenty of bass if that's your thing. And a very clean recording with each instrument being given it's space.

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