Parallax Error Beheads You, the third album by London's Max Tundra, is dizzying in its excess. Sophisticated chamber pop morphs into acid-house raves; paranoid new-wave riffs give way to frenetic electro-funk interludes; and Ben Jacobs, the virtuoso multi-instrumentalist behind it all, calmly orchestrates the digital jubilee with mannered English observations on his love interest's MySpace profile or his obsession with '90s shoegazers Pale Saints. But for all its shifting time signatures, micro-melodies, and spliced-and-diced synthesizers, Max Tundra's music is refreshingly and charmingly accessible. And with official remixes of artists such as Franz Ferdinand and the Pet Shop Boys added to his résumé, Jacobs' critical and cult acclaim will continue to grow. Max Tundra is currently on tour with fellow Domino labelmates Junior Boys, whose latest record of intimate and minimal electronic pop, Begone Dull Care, was released last week in the United States.
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