From the aggressive opening notes of “In Heat” to the infectious bombast of “Die Slow” and “We are Water” to the shoegazing dirge of album closer “In Violet,” Get Color is a beast.
HEALTH's musical talent can be heard during every song on this album, but there is also some room to grow--another good sign of a promising new band.
Get Color builds on the success of HEALTH in all the right ways, proving the band worthy of an intimidating amount of hype while defying the expectations that come with it.
The Smell has had little to show in 2009 until now, and Get Color can sit comfortably beside No Age’s Nouns in The Smell's continually growing canon of impressive records.
Fans of the first album may be somewhat disappointed, but Get Color is certain to attract and interest those alienated or uninterested in the noise aesthetic till now.
Get Color is a hell of a tease, proving that Health is still an extraordinary band, but not always treating listeners to the full package.
On Get Color, the band's addiction to sonic brashness now dovetails with tracks that sound more like songs (see Die Slowas a pointer) and not mere excuses to tune in and freak out at the drop of a hat.
I was introduced to HEALTH with their electro-industrial remixes and collaborations, so I was surprised after finding out they used to be a noise rock/experimental rock band, and Get Color is my introduction to this original sound.
I have to say that I didn't know how they originally sounded like, or what should I expect from this album, but if I'm being honest, this isn't so far off their modern material. They already had their atmospheric and soothing approach to vocals, and outside the ... read more
Seldom do we see a totally unique sound emerge. Electronic, glitch, danceable, dark, shiny
Taking the creativity of their debut and leaving its chaotic nature behind, this album capitalizes on the bands tight dynamic for creating atmosphere and musical hurricanes.
BEST TRACKS: Die Slow, We Are Water, Death+, Before Tigers, In Violet, In Heat
This album is not too memorable for me at all. Nothing I'll really ever go back to. The remixes on DISCO2 are a lot better.
Favorites: IN HEAT, DIE SLOW, DEATH +, IN VIOLET
1 | IN HEAT 1:47 | 75 |
2 | DIE SLOW 3:12 | 87 |
3 | NICE GIRLS 3:09 | 83 |
4 | DEATH + 2:39 | 80 |
5 | BEFORE TIGERS 3:26 | 73 |
6 | SEVERIN 4:09 | 82 |
7 | EAT FLESH 4:02 | 73 |
8 | WE ARE WATER 4:15 | 84 |
9 | IN VIOLET 6:14 | 81 |
#5 | / | Clash |
#19 | / | Treble |
#21 | / | NME |
#26 | / | Drowned in Sound |
#45 | / | Cokemachineglow |
#45 | / | PopMatters |
#45 | / | Tiny Mix Tapes |
#92 | / | Consequence of Sound |