X-Amounts
Encyclopedia
x-amounts is the second release and first full-length album from Canadian
indie rock
band controller.controller
. It was released on October 11, 2005 in Canada by Paper Bag Records
and in the United States on March 7, 2006.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
indie rock
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...
band controller.controller
Controller.controller
controller.controller was a Canadian indie rock band from Toronto, Ontario. The band consisted of vocalist Nirmala Basnayake, guitarists Colwyn Llewellyn-Thomas and Scott Kaija, bassist Ronnie Morris and drummer Jeff Scheven. The band took its name from a song by Shotmaker. The band formed in 2002...
. It was released on October 11, 2005 in Canada by Paper Bag Records
Paper Bag Records
Paper Bag Records is a Canadian independent record label and artist-management company, founded in 2002 and based in Toronto, Ontario.-History:...
and in the United States on March 7, 2006.
Track listing
All songs by controller.controller (Basnayake/Kaija/Llewellyn-Thomas/Morris/Scheven).- "Tigers not Daughters" – 3:16
- "PF" – 3:23
- "Poison/Safe" – 4:43
- "Rooms" – 4:04
- "Future Turtles" – 1:36
- "Straight in the Head" – 4:31
- "City of Daggers" – 4:08
- "Heavy as a Heart" – 2:26
- "BLK GLV" – 2:07
- "The Raw No" – 3:49
- "Magnetic Strip" – 4:23
Reception
Personnel
- Nirmala Basnayake – vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
- Scott Kaija – guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, vocals - Colwyn Llewellyn-Thomas – guitar
- Ronnie Morris – bassBass (instrument)Bass describes musical instruments that produce tones in the low-pitched range. They belong to different families of instruments and can cover a wide range of musical roles...
, vocals - Jeff Scheven – drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, electronicaElectronicaElectronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...
, vocals