'I don't even know'

Something completely, utterly, totally, mind-blowingly different for you guys today. And the jury's still out as to whether i actually like them or not. After just a couple of listens they seem to at once combine yet at the same time give the finger to every other band I've reviewed so far. Difficult to describe, surprisingly. Just give a listen to 

GANG GANG DANCE

GANG GANG DANCE. Really? Well OK then, if you insist. Describing themselves on their Myspace as simply 'Big Beat' is actually quite an understatement. I'd describe The Black Ghosts as 'Big beat'. I'd describe Yeasayers as 'Big beat' These guys are more like 'I'm mental and listening to me is like sticking your entire head into a plug socket. But, like I said, I might find after a few more listens i really enjoy their music. Who knows. 
So from the off we get this whole Asian/Oriental vibe which, when mixed with the crazy electro and 'Big beats' amounts to just short of a rave. Honestly I'm not sure I've ever known a band with a more fitting title than theirs. Similar to Yeasayers in a couple of ways, these guys are extremely experimental with all their music (well all the music I've heard from them anyway), bringing together so many elements of so many eras, genres, people, places, animals, shoes, literally evrything is contained within this bands music. Pinning down a specific genre for these guys is like trying to count stars while the universe is imploding around you.


Metaphors aside, one thing that this music is, is big. It's rather exciting too and I look forward to each new song just to see how the hell they're going to mindfuck me next. And that is a pretty exhilerating musical experience i can tell you. Not many bands have even nearly the same effect on me. On the flip side however, the prospect of each new song is also rather intimidating, and i find myself slightly worried that just as I'm about to understand what this band is about, my opinions will be dashed once more as they bombard my brain with something completely different from anything else i've ever heard. 
At this point any readers will probably be saying 'well fuck the metaphors, review the band properly!' Well, truth is, the above couple of paragraphs is really all I can say on a band that is everything, but at the same time nothing. I'll be listening to a song, and I'll like it. I'll like its heavy use of electro and foreign, exciting lyrics. But as soon as the song ends, it's almost as if I've forgotten it was every there. I mean i shouldn't expect to love every single track after i've only listened to a relitavely small playlist a few times, but every band i've reviewed so far has had at least one track that made some kind of impression on me. I mean fair enough these guys may be able to make impressive, 'Big beats' but in my limited hearing of their music, they are in no way memorable. 

And it's incredibly hard to review a band that isn't actually there.