What do you make of Sarah Van Buren, aka SVB? “Disco Is Long Life”
begins with “Synergistic Energy Exchange,” wherein a super pitched-down voice
intones verbiage like it’s Black Zone Myth Chant. Then the title track wafts on
a gentle chillwave jam with SVB’s coo’d vocals trickling over its surface. The
A-side thus completes itself. Side B has slow and gentle note hits that buoy
SVB’s spoken word. It sort of morphs into “Same Old Blues,” which is a
variation on Captain Beefheart’s take of J.J. Cale’s “I Got the Same Old
Blues.” A little bit more propulsive, maybe, but still spoke/sung is “Mirror
Soul,” which rounds out the tape. Disco drives nothing – it slips into the
shadows and peeks, chastised, as darkness descends. SVB has swallowed disco and
ejects it half digested.
So what do you make of SVB? I’ll say this: if you’re into dank journeys
of downtrodden neon movement, then you might be into this one. It’s a short
jaunt through darkened corridors where you’ll probably want to avoid being
seen.
--Ryan
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