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Reviewed
by: Darklight
Senser
sounds like what you would get if Swamp Terrorists and Pop Will Eat
Itself collided. This is an industrial/metal/hip-hop hybrid band that
has a funk flavor mixed in. The music is constructed with thrashy guitars,
slamming drum beats, funky electronics, scratch noises, and synths.
The vocals are not distorted, and are basically just hip-hop word blurting.
The main vocals are male, but sometimes there are female vocals mixed
into the backgound very similar to KMFDM. This approach definitely adds
to the songs. Unfortunately, I only like six of the twelve songs found
here. The songs that I like are "States Of Mind", "Age Of Panic", "Stubborn",
"What's Going On?", "Eject", and "No Comply". These songs rock. They
are very aggressive and catchy. They mix industrial, metal, and hip-hop
elements together great for a very unique experience. The songs "The
Key", "Switch", and "Peanut Head" are your typical boring and generic
hip-hop songs with reggae and 70's funk influences. They have no industrial
or metal influences in them whatsoever. And they suffer because of it.
The song "Peace" is a very slow paced funky R&B style song with female
singing. It's another song that I skip right past due to it not having
any industrial or metal influences. The songs "One Touch One Bounce"
and "Worth" are just boring instrumentals. This album is a decent debut
release for Senser. At least half of the album kicks ass. But the band
only experiments a little bit here. They seem to be holding back their
creativity for some unknown reason. Also, the singer of the band proves
in a few places that he can actually sing. But he refuses to do anything
but blurt out words in a hip-hop style. The female vocalist definitely
proves that she can sing. I like the hip-hop approach mixed with industrial
and metal, but it gets old after a while. At least the female vocals
help break up the monotony of thesongs. But I hope the band tries something
completely different on their next album. Because this album proves
that they have too much creativity and talent to just limit themselves
to standard hip-hop music.
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