Search - Hint :: Portacabin Fever

Now add just a hint of happy-go-lucky and...BAM!

TarTar | San Antonio, TX | 07/22/2003

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Yes well the title says it all. Happy 'N Go Freakin Lucky! If it weren't for the sporatic beats and tweeked instrument loops, I'd think this were an actual band with real instruments where the only electricity used is when they hook up the SNES and play Faceball 2000. And as close as Hint's music is to 3D happy faces shooting at each other, I must admit it sparks a smile everytime I listen to this album. There's a simplicity and a "in major key" sound that is quite pleasing. Lets just say you wont see Tricky Rob G blasting this in his Camino while smoking a joint, slamming a "fo-ty", and trying to pick up "hizzies". Although it makes for wonderful study music (i.e. making love music because who the hell studies anymore).Don't expect a hard beat (Track 02 comes closest with a drumset), nor scratching (Track 03 has a slight "Kid Koala on an Oboe"), vocals (The album starts out clever and Track 07 has an old man starting things off for what turns out to be the happiest damn song I've ever heard, chorus of angels included), or heart vibrating bass (Track 08 has as close to any vibration as one can get alongside a cool sounding steel drum sample). Track 05 is the flagship song, containing the most complexity and layers of sounds, but which happens to be one of my least favorites. Track 04 tries to do a DJ Shadow thing, and if I could understand what the dude said, I'd know the answer to the track. Track 10 reminds me of Donnie Darko, I dunno why and Track 06 (my fav track) uses damn cool string samples with a goofy sounding vocal sample.So that's the lowdown. I give it 4 stars because it cheers me up and it's nice music to have available when the time is right. Plus the booklet is a tiny comic book, in memory of Kid Koala. Even though Kid Koala isn't dead. Er...yeah... *jumps through window*"