Computer - Internet LP

Computer is a side project of John (Musk, Slicing Grandpa) and Kyle and Jim (FNU)

Computer Internet LP (Skrot Up)

Computer is the result of Jim Vail (FNU Ronnies) and John Laux (Musk), but if you were hoping for some sort of ultra-distorted noise-punk meltdown like I was, prepare to be disappointed! Disappointment is probably one of the main sensations those two were going for with Computer’s Internet, an album full of random unwanted samples, sounds and snippets. It’s like the sonic equivalent of the crud that flies out of a computer keyboard vigorously shaken upside down (I dare you to shake yours now and see what you get!). Or perhaps more accurately, the dankest of memes turned into song: a queasy saxophone, digital delay, a confused man muttering, a corny television sound effect, sampled hip-hop loops and Alvin & The Chipmunk vocals, all mashed together like a jpeg of lasagna with substandard resolution. One might think this would lead to hilarity, or at least attempts at humor, but somehow most of Internet doesn’t come across as silly or lighthearted – it’s more as though Vail and Laux are reminding us that this is our miserable modern existence and forcing us to lay down in it, or at least stare it in the face. It’s of a similar mindset as James Ferraro, minus any sense of musicality or specificity, just a big dump of digital trash that cannot be avoided. Just like the real internet!
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