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Every now and then there is a band that you have
hardly heard of that came’s across and impresses
you in every way possible, now over the past couple
of months there have been some solid albums released
from well established bands such as Lostprophets,
Alkaline Trio, Rob Zombie and even some great new
EP from upcoming bands such as Code Jak, Zalinski
and The Rocket Dolls but it’s Hertfordshire’s
Lower Than Atlantis who impress me the most and
they were pretty much non heard of to myself until
I checked out their debut album ‘Far Q’.
Lower Than Atlantis are a four piece band who
pack a fierce sound which sounds like the Gallows
crossed with The Ghost Of A Thousand, the vocals
are full of screams and shouts but at the same
time there are a fair amount of melodic sing-a-long
moments which sound spot on with the crispy clean
production that ‘Far Q’ has.
The album opens in style kicking off with the
title track ‘Far Q’ and from the start
you can tell that Lower Than Atlantis have knocked
the sound barrier up to 11 and are a band who
love to rock out and make as much noise as possible
whilst still keeping their songs listenable masterpieces,
the song features many breakdowns where it builds
up to a really heavy piece before crashing back
down to more mellow soundscapes and screams.
Things start to get exciting from ‘Taping
Songs Off The Radio’ the song is about music
piracy and karma coming back to bite you on the
arse, the lyrics are well written with Mike singing
“I’ve been collecting music for so
long, today I turned on my laptop and it’s
all gone, I opened my iTunes and it’s bare,
I can’t find the albums I downloaded anywhere.
Karma payback for not paying for these tracks,
but I’d [ay every penny just to have them
all back”, now these lyrics are not going
to help Lower Than Atlantis save the world or
anything but they deal with real situations that
are happening in the world today and their lyrically
content in places are spot on just like they are
here, the song is short and sweet running at just
under 3minutes but it is straight to the point.
‘I’m Not Bulimic (I Just Wanted To
See How Far I Could Stick My Fingers Down My Throat’
is my personal favourite track from the album,
the song is the longest running track on the album
running at 4minutes 48seconds and also happens
to be the most melodic track on the album and
a song that pretty much every teenager can relate
to these days as the song is about being trying
to live within the recession, the lyrics are well
written and very meaningful and I am sure most
people will take note of the following lyrics.
"We are the kids of the recession, credit
cards, overdrafts, loans and no pensions",
the instrumental work during the song is fantastic
with proper crunching guitar riffs and fast paced
bouncy basslines and not to mention the thunderous
drumming whilst the vocals come across in such
an upbeat melodic way, I am sure anyone who listens
to ‘Far Q’ will fall in love with
this song and listen to it on repeat and over
and over again just like I did and still am.
The song titles that Lower Than Atlantis have
come up with are all quirky and quite real to
life such as ‘Eating Is Cheating’
which happens to be everyone’s favourite
line when they are going out on the town to get
hammered ‘A/S/L?’ which happens to
be the classic online chat room welcome and the
song deals with stalking your favourite singers
and bands online via their MySpace, Facebook and
various other social network sites.
‘Mike Duce’s Symphony No.11 In D
Minor’ is a fantastic track, it’s
the slowest and most mellow track on the album
where things are proper slowed down but as the
song goes on you can feel it building up right
until Mike goes into overdrive with his shouty
vocals.
The album closes with ‘Extra! Extra! Read
All about It!’ and the song goes all out
on the instrumental front as there is some proper
heavy jamming sessions going on from the opening
seconds of the song right until the final moments,
the vocals come across in a fast way but they
are more touching on being raw than they are being
melodic, however as far as I’m concerned
with this song it is the instrumental work where
it shines and total kicks arse as Lower Than Atlantis
show off their skills to the max.
Now I’m not sure why the album is called
Far Q but it is one of those titles that if you
say it a few times in a row and fast enough it
will start to sound like you are swearing, yeah
give it a test, I am sure this is what Lower Than
Atlantis wanted and that it is part of their quirky
humour and creativeness.
As mentioned above Lower Than Atlantis are a
very fast paced hectic band who write songs about
every day things that happen in the world, they
have a message to get across within their music
and they seem to get it across in the best way
possible as each of the 12 tracks on ‘Far
Q’ are so listenable and even more enjoyable
if you take in the lyrics in, now Lower Than Atlantis
are not doing anything to reinvent an already
thriving music scene but they are adding to the
excitement and are bound to become one of the
most talked new bands within the hardcore scene.
5/5
Review by Trigger
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1. Far Q
2. B.O.R.E.D
3. Taping Songs Off The Radio
4. I'm Not Bulimic (I Just Wanted To See How Far
I Could Stick My Fingers Down My Throat)
5. Eating Is Cheating
6. No Belts
7. Face Full Of Scars
8. A/S/L?
9. Down With The Kids
10. Yo Music Scene, What Happened?
11. Mike Duce's Symphony no.11 In D Minor
12. EXTRA! EXTRA! Read All About It |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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What Was That? |
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