Album: The Technicolor SleepSounds Like: watching storm clouds form off the coast.
This band has been around for a few years now, but of all their instrumental contemporaries, The American Dollar has probably received the least amount of publicity. Bands like The Album Leaf or Explosions In The Sky usually get the first mention during conversation and I'm not about to debate who is the best artist in the genre. What I will say is that this band deserves a lot of credit for remaining independent even after releasing their second album which they could have released through a label fairly easily. There are no vocals in the album, hence the term instrumental, and unfortunately for some people that fact alone is a turnoff. If you're the type who shudders at the thought of music without words I ask you not to force it, but try to let the music grow on you because it is nearly impossible to find musicianship or structural craftsmanship as excellent as that displayed by the artists in this vein of music.
[audio:Signaling Through The Flames-American Dollar.mp3]Signaling Through The Flames.mp3 (right click to save)
Why They Don't Suck: With the current state of our economy you'd be hard pressed to find a more appropriate name for a New York band than The American Dollar. All word associations and other presumptions aside, The Technicolor Sleep is a perfect "alone" album; a set of tracks made for the times you're disconnected from the world and simply internalizing your own feelings.
[audio:War On Christmas-American Dollar.mp3]War On Christmas.mp3 (right click to save) - from debut lp
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