Bitmap - Micro/Macro
Artist: Bitmap
Rating: SUPERB
Genres: Indie Pop,  Indietronica Indie Rock,  Psychedelic Pop
Released: 2005
Type: Album
Label: Gentle Electric
Link: Bandcamp
From ex-Salako member Luke Barwell and his ever-faithful Gentle Electric clan emerges 'Micro/Macro', an album that fuses together '60s psychedelic pop and '70s prog-rock using a twenty-first century blowtorch. On the one hand, Beatlesy guitar riffs are never fa away and the lush Hey, Summer Sunshine will certainly warm Beach Boys fans' hears. On the other, however, the grand eight-minute title track would have given The Beta Band a run for their money while the album's end has a relaxed Moody Blues spin. Throughout, Luke's harmonies and his buzzing, overworked Casio add depth to these fourteen unique pop songs. Like Bitmap's debut 'Alpha Beta Gamma', 'Micro/Macro' sounds like a modern-day advertisement for the best music of decades gone by. CH
Editions:
2005 Original Release
Gentle Electric | IVY008CD | CD
  01. Someone to Call My Own (3:24)
  02. My Heart and the Wave (2:05)
  03. Don't Be Lonely (2:55)
  04. How the West Was Won (2:56)
  05. It's a Shame (1:57)
  06. Soft Bombs in the See Thru Forest (3:16)
  07. The Colour of the Night Sky (0:48)
08. Gravity's Got Me Down (4:07)
  09. Oh, Mahima (3:55)
  10. Blood for Money (3:22)
11. Hey, Summer Sunshine (4:00)
  12. She Fell Quickly Into Fall (3:07)
  13. Micro/Macro (8:38)
  14. Match Hips or Go Pure (5:26)