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Firstly, fuck you iTunes for labelling this as pop.
I put off listening for so long, and for no reason.
This couldn't be further from pop. In fact, a comparison
that immediately offered itself to me, is A Silver
Mt. Zion – and Blueneck are the UK's equivalent.
Eight tracks, most between five and ten minutes
long, of deep, thickly textured, often thought provoking,
epic brilliance. It's almost like a cinematic masterpiece
– imagine if you will the remains of a town,
reduced to rubble, a thick fog creeps in as survivors
begin to crawl out and wander around in shock. Blueneck's
intense sound scape of all things analogue and huge
soaring guitars, is a real treat to the ears, with
distant mumblings, sombre strings, eerie pianos
and massive reverbed drums – taking on almost
slow industrial beats. It's fair to say that if
you like a bit of Silver Mt Zion, then you're going
to like this. And if you don't, then you might not.
Highlight tracks for me are the opener “Depart
From Me, You Who Are Cursed,” which slowly
builds throughout, as the sad strings and piano
gain emphasis and a flood of cymbals around –
straight into the second track “Seven”
which flows beautiful from the previous track and
introduces a steady beat – almost DJ Shadow
like. About half way through, it explodes into darkness,
and as one guitar wails in the distance, the foreground
is very much consumed by the thick bass and deep
fuzzy guitars. Although similar to A Silver Mt Zion,
Blueneck might be considered a touch more linear
– such as on tracks like “Lilitu”
which – above the regular strings and piano
soars a prominent and really quite tuneful vocal.
Basically, this album has blown my mind.
5/5
Review by Thom |
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Duncan Attwood
Ben Paget
Johnny Horswell
Ben Green
Rich Sadler |
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1. (Depart From Me, You Who Are Cursed)
2. Seven
3. Low
4. The Guest
5. Children Of Ammon
6. Weaving Spiders Come Not Here
7. Lilitu
8. Revelations |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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What Was That? |
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