10/16/2006
Tracklist
01. Las Vegas
02. Mohorovicic
03. This Morning, Dorothy Woke Up With Skin Like Fingernails
04. Oh My God, She Doesn't Look So Well
05. Your Fiance Is Going To Die
06. M Maybe...
07. Les Pieds Devant
08. Your Life Is An Alienation Process Intended For Saving You From Your Fate
09. Degeneration Of A Daily Gesture
10. Kill Luca
11. Transition From Existential Emptiness...
12. ...To Dystrophy
13. Kao Bang
14. Je Trouve Tout Très Agréable
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Well, this label seems to be onto some hot shit over in France, because this band opens up with a mega heavy crusher of a track before plowing into some quirky material that I can't pin down. Math metal, indie rock, metalcore, post-hardcore... all play equal roles. There's a lot of dissonance, thick and pounding chord progressions, quirky note-based riffs, caustic screams that at times blend into very subtle singing, and then some. Plodding distorted basslines and hugely resonant percussion lay the foundation for guitars that are a bit less linear and more constantly shifting, while the vocals sporadically break in and do their thing in the midst of it all. That makes it sound more chaotic than it is, so I'll clarify that this is very structured and tight material, though a certain frenetic and loose element definitely plays a role - mainly in the form of biting guitar chords/textures that get much more abrasive and noisy over the bass and drums, but the playing is always totally controlled, giving them an edge. The indie side comes in as far as there being a definite sense of melody (generally aggressive melody) that carries things along, sometimes very understated, and the vocals sort of have a hint of that stuff as well - in the best possible sense, though. "Oh My God, She Doesn't Look So Well" is a brief intermission of somber piano that rises into a cascade of distorted noise, "MMaybe" is driven quietly by a heavy Fugazi meets Quicksand harmonic riff and partially spoken vocals and opens up into some stuttered chords with lots of indie-esque note bends and choppy pull-off runs, and "Kill Luca" opens with some Botch sounding riffs and shifts over into some excellent discordant chords and intense screams. "Transition From Existential Emptiness..." uses lots of clean guitars and distant percussion with droning melodies and some of the most tangible singing vocals for an excellent piece (one of the finest herein), while the following "...To Dystrophy" brings back some of the brutal heaviness of opener "Las Vegas" for another surefire winner. The sound is pretty dense and closely knit, bordering on being a little muddy, but it's so fucking warm that I really like it a lot. The guitars are just bright enough to get that vicious bite happening and not overpower anything, the drums are totally natural, the bass manages to make its presence felt, and the vocals are usually under a light filter that caps them off and holds them dead against the music, which works superbly in this framework. So I don't think I would change anything other than perhaps brightening up some of the percussion and maybe making the bass guitar even more defined. The layout is very minimal, using only shades of black and white with high contrast artwork and faint images of city buildings. The lyrics (Maybe?) appear inside, also very faint, as one large block of text - all in French - so I'm not able to offer any insight there (Though I believe the record title translates to something like "Our Love is Powerful Enough to Destroy This Whore of a World"?). It could definitely stand to be a bit more visually interesting, though it's not so bad. It's clean, if nothing else. I like this. I was kind of hoping the entire disc would've been as crushing as "Las Vegas" insinuated it might be, but it certainly ended up being more of a surprising and diverse ride, for better or worse. Not bad at all. This is definitely another powerful French act to keep an eye on from Radar Swarm.
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eraser at 12:18 p. m.
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buenas otra vez!de nuevo para felicitarte por tu trabajo...no lo dejes!;-) esta semana me han gustado mucho Metronome Charisma (acabo de terminar la 1 escucha) y Great Redneck Hope.
sigo esperando lolita staci...;-)
un abrazo!
sigo esperando lolita staci...;-)
un abrazo!
# posted by 
: 1:17 a. m.
: 1:17 a. m.
jejeje gracias. De lolita staci aun no he encontrado nada de nada (ni su myspace xDD), sigo buscando. Un saludo
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