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aw Great synths, strong melodies, emotional songs, excellent lyrics (and I am hard to please), with an attention to detail in pacakging too. This is very, very good. Favorite track: Poliakov.
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onionBoy_btwihateonions Snare is peak (modern) synth-pop. Featuring a unique theme and very polished sound that makes it an endlessly relisten-able album, it certifies Battery Operated Orchestra as a fresh indie band worthy of your attention. Favorite track: Bella.
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slowmo Another super album from BOO. As with their earlier work, it features beautifully crafted textures and beats, but the mood is often darker and more sparse than before. That said, who could resist the fun of Charismatic Megafauna? Brigitte's vocals are particularly beautiful on this album and the mix of voice within synth space always interesting. The instrumental Borders (Fall) is a lovely closing piece. Favorite track: Under The River.
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Jon Harper The sweet spot between the cold synths of The Human League and early Depeche Mode Casiotone synth pop yet feels so current. Can't think of higher praise despite it sounding like Alan Partridge 🤔, album pre ordered and can't wait. Favorite track: Perfect Wreck.
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1.
Before I leave this town Slip the rope before I run aground Going down without a sound Lock the door before we hit the ground Though I know that it's not right I'm gonna see you one last time I burned the notebook that I found The drawings and dreams you need around you A stranger's footprint on your floor Watching your face as you lock the door again Though we know that it's not right I'm gonna see you one last time Turn your face a strange goodbye Feels like our grave in neon light Though we know that it's not right I'm gonna get you off my mind Turn your face a strange goodbye Feels like our grave in neon light Before I leave this town
2.
Sweet Dreams 04:27
We watch while you sleep We see each move you make Sweet dreams Sweet dreams Outside the lights are burning brightly Sweet dreams Sweet dreams Every thought you've had is just another path we gave you Sweet dreams You know you're free to be Anything we've made you want to be Sweet dreams Sweet dreams Dreams Sweet dreams Sweet dreams We're working while you sleep and in to your thoughts we creep We find you Sweet dreams Our gentle arms are wrapped around you Sweet dreams Sweet dreams Sweet dreams Dreams Sweet dreams Sweet dreams Dreams Dreams Sweet dreams Sweet dreams Outside the lights are burning brightly Our gentle arms are all around you And now you're free to be Anything we've made you want to be Sweet dreams Sweet dreams Dreams Sweet dreams Sweet dreams Sweet dreams
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Poliakov 03:57
When I ask myself who you are I just get grainy photographs Leave the briefcase by the car Don't ask questions remove the wire I'm not doing this for myself I'm not doing this for myself I'm not doing this for myself I'm not doing this for myself Burning papers on the ground Got devices recording sound The smile on their faces when they're found I love But I'm not doing this for myself I'm not doing this for myself I'm not doing this for myself I'm not doing this for myself Tonight I don't care I'm alive They can stare Tonight I don't care My last night The final dare Tonight I don't care I'm alive They can stare Tonight I don't care My last night The final dare Tonight I don't care I'm alive They can stare Tonight I don't care I'm alive
4.
Getting tired getting tired of all these recurring intervals The only time that I smile's when I'm heading for the door Every time I try to like you Every time You want to take more Gonna buy gonna buy Gonna buy some new clothes to wear Gotta fill gotta fill fill fill this gaping hole Every time You close your eyes Every time You've fallen to the floor You keep me hanging keep me hanging Keep me chasing empty promises Paint a picture in my mind Of the way that it could be Every time You move the lines Every time Again I'm caught again Thought you were human but you're cracked Steel shuttered fears just bounce right back One time I tried to break your neck I was remade your perfect- Twisting wires starting fires Azure smoke and hot machinery Slash the tyres stop the lies Steal the clock and run away Every time I close my eyes Every time Waking up in the same place Thought you were human but you're cracked Steel shuttered fears just bounce right back One time I tried to break your neck I was remade your perfect wreck Thought you were human but you're cracked Steel shuttered fears just bounce right back One time I tried to break your neck I was remade your perfect- Getting tired getting tired of all these recurring intervals The only time that I smile's When I'm heading for the door Every time I try to like you Every time You want to take more Every time I try to like you Every time You want to take more
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Nocturn 03:42
I've been here again and again but Today it's all shaking I'm waiting For you You gave me a reason to run and I should have but here I am waiting For you I'm waiting I'm waiting Come for me I'm waiting I'm waiting I'm waiting For you They pass by I look to the windows And I see light It's quarter to two I know that you meant it You said that you'd be here It's cold and I'm ready I'm waiting for you It's cold and I'm ready I'm waiting for you It's cold and I'm ready I'm ready For what I must do I'm waiting I'm waiting Come for me I'm waiting I'm waiting I'm waiting For you I'm waiting I'm waiting Come for me I'm waiting I'm waiting I'm waiting For you
6.
Monster in the palace Holding on tight to everything Chairs are running From this house where you are king Something has to be done has to be done About this charismatic megafauna Something has to be done what will be done? About this charismatic megafauna Something has to be done has to be done About this charismatic megafauna Something has to be done has to be done About this charismatic megafauna Monster in the party Handing out pieces of his mind You can tell he Does it cause he's so kind Hiding in plain sight Watch those hocus pocus hands You can tell it's Gonna be a late one This is all you'll get All you're gonna get from me This is all you'll get All you're gonna get from me This is all you'll get All you're gonna get from me This is all you'll get All you're gonna get from me Something has to be done Something about this charismatic megafauna Something has to be done Something about this charismatic megafauna Something has to be done Something about this charismatic megafauna Someone has to get a A big gun Something's telling me Let them walk around around like they own the place Something's telling me Let 'em walk around around like they own the place Something's telling me You gotta let 'em walk around around like they own the place Something's telling me You gotta let them run around like they own the place! Own the place, don't they? They own the place don't they? Yeah
7.
Bella 03:52
We pull the net across the street Tarmac burns bare feet We cast long shadows then I dream of strangeness We wait, we wait, we wait, we wait, we wait Lost in long ago You're getting too close You never escape We wait, we wait, we wait, we wait, we wait We burn our schoolbooks on the beach We see the future in the flames We cast stones in the sea I dream of strangeness I run, I run, I run, I run, I run Lost in long ago You're getting too close You never escape I run, I run, I run, I run, I run We lived a lifetime We lived a lifetime While we waited to start We lived a lifetime We lived a lifetime While we waited to start We wait, we wait, we wait, we wait, we wait (We lived a lifetime while we waited to start we lived a lifetime) Remembering a thousand promises (Lost in long ago)
8.
Optical 04:53
Looking up The sky feels solid today Shifting stars I can't find my way Feel the life All around you Is it real Is it real I can see the I can see the light falling through Take a cup Feel your way around and in Quick, drink it up Take it up Bring it in Sweat it out The stars are moving nearer I can see the I can see the light falling through
9.
The way you walk into the square and enter glass spaces All doors are open to you up there Take what you want and don't care And you so high beyond compare Is there anything to stop you now? Don't look down Is there anything to stop you now? How does it feel when you look down Could you find my face? Are we separate Surface bound A shadow grows your time is done The swollen river lies But I won't leave you behind in dust There's nothing left here only rust We / We will become free We will be / We will become We / We will become free We will be / We will become A hundred arms have cut you down Did you see my face? Thousands of voices that scream one sound I will be replaced Under the river and outside time It's too late to change But I won't leave you behind in dust There's nothing left here only rust We / We will become free We will be / We will become We / We will become free We will be / We will become
10.
A Clearing 05:11
Frightening interference Something came between us The world is full of voices Permanent on call We ran for days together We came upon a clearing Somewhere to lay your head down And watch as darkness falls Please don't let this drown us out Please don't let this drown us out With all of England dreaming Standing at the sky side Naked in the starlight The pause before the fall When did you stop dreaming? Where did it all go wrong? Pining in the starlight Forgotten who you are When did you stop dreaming? Where did it all go wrong? Hiding in the half light Forgotten what you're for Please don't let this drown us out Please don't let this drown us out Please don't let this drown us out Please don't let this drown us out Half the world is sleeping Frozen at the skyside Blinking in the starlight The pause before the fall We ran for years together We came upon a clearing Somewhere to lay your head down And wait as darkness falls
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From the shadows, each song emerges like a warning. In the exquisite handmade CD artwork mysterious figures are waiting and watching. A spy plane looms overhead while taught wires hold it all down.

BOO’s cold-war inspired SNARE traces echoes of a divided past into an uncertain future reverberating with the errors of history, and it does so in an electrifying way. Lush 70’s and 80’s analogue synths combine with solid beats and urgent songwriting that comes like a clarion call from the not too distant future: don't get caught.

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released August 10, 2018

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Battery Operated Orchestra Newhaven, UK

Chris + Brigitte make inter-dimensional indie synthpop.

“Highly charged electronica with incredibly addictive melodies” -Louder Than War

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