If you're looking for music that grabs you by the throat, you won't find it here. If you're looking for something to stick on in the background while you grab someone
else by the throat, you could do a lot worse.
Vuneny started started out doing film scores, a fact which is readily apparent from their sound. Floaty, ethereal (if we lived in a world where it were possible to use the word "ambient" and have it mean what it's supposed to, I'd throw that in too) electronic rock crossover stuff, drawing influences from trance, dub, drum 'n' bass and elsewhere, managing to be remain original without ever really becoming engaging. At their best—the jagged-edged, dub-flavoured
Curse of Sound—they still sound like a rather bored version of Tomahawk.
Essentially, what the album lacks is emotional impact. Without a film to accompany it (it screams "movie score" from start to finish) there's not really anything there to connect to. As music to pop on while you're frantically packing suitcases at six in the morning, or mopping up cat vomit from the rug, though, it's better than most. Well worth a shot if you're tired of having to pay attention while you listen.
V2 is out now on Moonlee Records.
www.vuneny.org http://www.myspace.com/vuneny
