FILEWILE – Blueskywell

From the strange cover of Filewile’s new album “Bluewkywell” I hadn’t a clue what to expect. Though something bizarre I was sure, and not wrong, from the first track “Sombrero or Die” these haunting vocals accompanied by upbeat instrumentals along with what I can only describe as siren like noises makes for an interesting yet slightly addictive track. The second track “Number One Kid” caught my attention the most, maybe it’s resemblance to any track from the comedy series “Flight of The Concords” or perhaps just because of it’s catchy, electro and ever so slightly dub-step mixture.
Despite the memorable instrumentals not much can be said for the lyrics, although with most producer combinations lyrics do tend to be jumbled, repeated, cut and styled in tracks such as “Kick the Spacedrum” and “Bug” they become increasingly irritating along with the grunts that are added just seem a little confusing. However this grunts and strange noises are successful in the penultimate track “Swahee Swahoo”, which musically shows similar sounds to dub-step phenomenon Flying Lotus however the vocals again become grating half way through. Similarly on the final track “Codeine” although the instrumentals in this also wear after a while.
In no way would I label Filewiles album as unsuccessful perhaps just in need of some fine tuning, I can honestly say that having listened to it over and over I am still unable to identify tracks. This leads me to think that perhaps the “rap” and producing duo should reconsider their grunting efforts and make it easier to differentiate between songs, saying this some songs remain to be what I like to call “growers” – a few listens and you’ll love them, just good luck remembering the names.