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Reviewed
by: Darklight
This
band is headed by cEvin Key of Skinny Puppy fame. Philth and Anthony
Valcic are the two other contributing musicians. What this band creates
is some extremely experimental electro instrumentals. There are no vocals
in the songs here and that's their biggest downfall. The music itself
is a blend of different electronic noises, organic sounds and samples.
It's like techno and ambient combined into one. The up front noises
include random dance energy electronics while softer more beautiful
synth melodies can be heard hidden behind it all. It works for the most
part, but does seem rather repetitive. Also, it's somewhat noisy and
chaotic. It gets annoying after a while. It's hard to listen to. It
doesn't hold your attention. It gets on your nerves. I'm sure that there
are people out there that will find it interesting, but I just can't
see the appeal of it at all. Singing would have helped these songs a
lot. More attention could have been focused on the vocals and lyrics
and less on the monotonous music. But with the absence of vocals, it's
the music that takes center stage here. Unfortunately, it doesn't work
by itself. It sounds like something is missing, and that something is
vocals. So you are basically left with what seems like unfinished work.
However, it's not all bad. There are some great elements included in
these songs that do prove they were created by talented musicians. It
just would have helped their music greatly if they had brought a singer
onto the project as well. It's obvious that this was not the direction
the band wanted to go, but in my opinion it would have made this album
a lot better. If you think that you would be interested in an electronic
noise instrumental album, this is a quality one to choose. It's better
than acts such as Scar Tissue, but if you're like me and prefer a little
more structured music that includes singing, I would recommend that
you avoid this.
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