The final of 3 standalone singles released across 2013, 'Gimme' finds Beck in progressive, experimental form. Set to pulsating beats and a flowing, morphing rhythm, the song is layered with synthasised, looped vocals and playful xylophone melodies, which gradually build until the ambient crescendo of the closing 30 seconds. Together, it all combines to ghostly, ethereal effect, the chopped and sampled vocals swirling eerily around the progressive beats and the drifting, shifting rhythm. After previous offerings 'Defriended' and 'I Won't Be Long', it all makes for extremely promising stuff ahead of the upcoming rumored releases of two new, full-length LPs.
7/10
LISTEN: Beck, 'Gimme'
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