As dense and foreboding as it is intricate and meditative, the music Automotion create is rooted in process; looped guitar lines provide mesmerising structures on which the rest of the intense instrumentation is built. These rolling guitar phrases, which tonally wouldn’t sound out of place on a Pixies record, are often juxtaposed with spoken word vocals, reminiscent of minimalist composer Steve Reich - one of the band’s key influences.
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