Three listens for this one.
I struggled a bit trying to get anything down and I think that’s due to the song’s rapid pace alongside what has been an absolute struggle to write over the past few days.

I think I described the song well enough; If you listen to the song this does make sense. I also think I could’ve done a much better job.

Battles’ “My Machines” is from Gloss Drop.

I hope you enjoy.

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Rapid light percussion moves in lanes and soon finds itself joined by something much louder and more present. Bass slides along on a bending rail. The percussion picks up and becomes louder, and perhaps more aggressive.

Vocals utter brief phrases as they rise and fall in a smooth, and punctual precision. Not long after a sudden and short rush of beeps follows, filling the space the vocals abandon. It stops as the vocals return, now joined by some sort of wavering synth sound that moves alongside the vocals.

The beeps return and guitar flicks alongside them. Once more it is a short rush and once more they stop as the vocals return and the synth follows them, stretching and compressing, rising and falling here and there. On one last rise there’s a sense of pause before the percussion resumes its rapid movement. It’s joined by the beeps, then soon after the bass returns in pauses.

In a sense the beep is reflected by another sound, then on the next run the sounds seem to rise. It’s not long before the percussion seems to stammer and almost starts crashing as everything moves upward before moving down. The percussion rhythmically rumbles as other sounds twist around each other and lower and push upward and seemingly contort.

The percussion stops and the other sounds continue moving inward and forward until they find a rest and the song ends.