The first few notes of
Courting's debut album twinkle into life: glazed-over sounds, romantic strings, cinematic soundscapes. It's still, a quiet moment to take a deep breath. Doesn't sound like Courting, does it?
Of course, there's no use falling into that trap. It barely lasts a minute before Courting return to doing what they do best – throwing everything you thought you knew and expected out of the window. Dark, glitchy drumbeats set 'Twin Cities' properly into motion this time, but in doing so they embark upon an album so rife with twists and turns you never can quite settle. It's hard not to listen to '
Guitar Music' on the edge of your seat; god only knows what might come next. It's the kind of thrill that many artists set out to capture, but few do so successfully. Courting, however, have mastered it.
From the bristling sarcasm of '
Loaded' to the heavy doses of hyper-pop magic on '
Famous', 'Guitar Music' is a rollercoaster you definitely will not want to get off. It's a reinvention of self and sound for Courting, tearing apart the core of their music and presenting it anew, in all its distorted, elevated glory. '
Jumper' is genuinely endearing, marking a more optimistic moment for the band. Their witticisms are still rampant, of course, but it just adds to the Courting charm.
