12/29/2007
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Snöras - heart of weakness
Etiquetas: Cable., request, reupload, snöras
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(0) comments12/22/2007
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If not for Cable, there may have never been Isis…or Red Sparowes. Bassist Jeff Caxide played on Cable’s eponymous 1996 debut then left to join Isis. Cable’s influential 1999 album Gutter Queen was release number 26 on a then-fledgling indie label in Boston called Hydra Head. Many noisecore bands copied Cable’s formula for success, and some, with the right PR push and radio play, overshadowed their masters left in the lurch. So when these Connecticut noiseniks finally broke up for good last year (as opposed to their patented ‘indefinite hiatus’ after nearly every album), they would’ve gone out with merely a whimper if not for the Last Call CD/DVD sounding the official death knell. The 15-track CD is a true career cross-section: one new song, a hearty six-pack from their final show, one song from each of their seven studio releases, and one fan-recorded live nugget. The DVD boasts the obligatory live set plus a fascinating hour-long documentary that chronicles the rise and fall of the Cable empire. The title track is the new one, and much like Nirvana’s unearthed swan song “You Know You’re Right,” it’s quite poignant for all the right reasons: immediately recognizable yet haunting guitar chords, agonized-by-life vocals, and plodding drum beats that have been honed to a sharp edge by ignoring the trends. The live set (from a late ’04 benefit show at CBGB’s) is utterly tight and reportedly the most jaw-dropping of that night. Most of the six cuts are culled from their most recent album, 2004’s Pigs Never Fly (with “It’s My Right to Be an Asshole” and the title track being particularly incisive), though older tracks “The Sunday Driver” and “Missoula” dovetail perfectly with their newer, syrupy sound. Bassist Randy Larsen nails down the low end with railroad stakes on the studio track “Human Landfill” (from Pigs) and “Battle of the Asses” (from 2003’s Never Trust a Gemini), and guitar duo Bernie Romanowski and Ben Cowles show off their Southern-rock chops on “Buy Me a Drink” (from 2001’s Skyhorse Jams) and the inimitable “Black Leather Mustache” (from 2001’s Northern Failures). The Craw-like “Clinton St. Blues” (from Gutter Queen) and “Wireless” (from 1996’s Cable) offer a slice of their early sound that defined noisecore in the late ’90s, and a video-camera bootleg of “Gutter Queen” exemplifies the band’s seething volatility. The DVD’s movie, also titled Last Call, is not only one of the finest documentaries in recent years, but it’s also much better produced than any big-budget MTV/VH1 equivalent on the market. Directed by Ed Ballinger (bassist of label roster mates Slacks!), the film traces the band’s history through interviews with early promoters, friends, and former bandmates. Isis’ Caxide gives a particularly humorous account of Cable egging on the Dillinger Escape Plan to the point of violence. Playing dive bars, sleeping on floors, and living the life of the rock ‘n’ roll pauper is/was the status quo for Cable, and it’ll be interesting to see what the future holds for its members. In the meantime, however, Last Call may be the most perfect and definitive retrospective of a truly great band.
Chris Ayers-Digital Metal
Etiquetas: Cable., metal, Rock, stoner
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(2) comments2/11/2007
Tracklist
01.I Love it When You Crawl
02.Empty & Loaded
03.It's My Right to Be an Asshole
04.Shovel's Progress
05.The Reason I'm Poor
06.Human Landfill
07.Pigs Never Fly
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Another whopper from the long-running Cable here. Nearly an hour's worth of massively heavy midpaced sludginess, with plenty of mood shifts, starting off straight away with the monolithic 17-minute "I Love it When You Crawl" - complete with tons of lengthy instrumental passages making use of noisy guitar textures and droning notes over repetitive rhythms from the bass and drums (spiced up by some nice cymbal work on the percussion). Honestly, it seems far more like something that would be used to end off a full-length, especially in how it breaks down to complete noise for the later chunk of the track, so I find it to be a rather ineffective introduction to the disc, but it's a unique decision nonetheless. As a whole, this record represents more of the bitter, sludgy "stoner rock" for which Cable is known. I personally hate the term "stoner rock" and find this work to be darker and more menacing/creative than most of that whole style, but as a reference point I guess it makes sense. I certainly love the production. The bass is fuzzed out all over the place but still maintains a balanced presence against the guitars, which are fuzzily distorted but a bit smoother, and the percussion is totally warm and natural. Everything blends together perfectly to form a cohesively dense wall of sound, with the acerbic vocals falling dead center. It's great how the bass is literally as important and central as the guitars are, though. Nice work on that. "Empty & Loaded" is far shorter (less than three minutes) and more focused around some of the key rock influences, while "It's My Right to Be an Asshole" is much sparser and more openly melodic in a way, letting the riffs have more breathing room and dropping back some of the vocal aggression a touch (even going so far as to include some raw acoustic guitars, piano, and female singing for the second half). Seven-minute instrumental "The Reason I'm Poor" also takes a more diverse road, opening with clean guitars and powerfully thick melodies that are among the most blatant herein - constantly shifting back and forth between louder and heavier moments over softer and more spacious runs. The title track closes things out, revisiting the lengthier running times with a 12+ minute attack of ominous chord progressions and borderline doomy tempos/aesthetics that once more contrast hard hitting rhythms with softer and more open clean textures (making use of its time far more consistently and effectively than "I Love it When You Crawl"). The layout looks fucking beautiful, too. No lyrics are included and there's very little text at all, just some bleak landscape photos that create a very consistent visual atmosphere. Damn nice work there. Honestly, this would've been a stronger and more fluid listen without that first track (or were it moved to the end of the CD if absolutely necessary), as it's basically a 17-minute waste of space and I skip it every time I listen to the disc. Many of the other songs are some of the finest I've ever heard from the band (granted I haven't heard anything they've done since 2001's "Northern Failures"), so ignoring what I feel is that initial hitch in continuity/force, I'm all for this one.
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Etiquetas: Cable., postmetal, Rock, sludge
