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Artist: Blueneck
Title: Scars of The Midwest
Label: Don't Touch
Release Date: 22 May 2006
Genre: Post/Good Music/Whatever
Was talking to some nice person from Greece on slsk who recommended
these guys to me. Sumptuous. Reviewers slobbered all over this thing,
here's one of them:
http://www.musicomh.com/albums/blueneck_0406.htm
In the shape of Scars Of The Midwest, Somerset four-piece Blueneck have
produced an incredibly ambitious debut and an album that will have fans
of post-rock icons like Mogwai and Godspeed You Black Emperor salivating
over their cornflakes.
It has taken six years for this release to come to fruition since the
group's formation in 2000, a period in which they have transformed from
regulars on the West Country gig scene to virtual recluses.
Locked away in the studio for a year and a half with producer Corin
Dingley - one half of trip hop duo Alpha - the band must have been
depressed on those cold, dark nights when the tracks just wouldn't come
together and it shows with the results of their stay being at times
throat-slittingly bleak.
The whole album segues together into one extended dark soundscape with
clear influences from past and present post-rock luminaries. Indeed the
leanings go even further back on opening track, The Hills Have Eyes, with
its very old school Pink Floyd psychedelic sound.
It would have to be said that it is the element of psychedelia, be it
through the use of keyboards or samples, constant throughout the album
that stands Blueneck apart from the likes of Mogwai and Godspeed and
gives them an identity of their own, something not easy to achieve in
such a crowded genre.
The links to these bands is undeniable however, especially in the
threatening piano on the brooding Judas! Judas!, a track that slowly
builds from a sparse landscape to one filled with those monsters that had
been lurking around the corner since its beginning.
Around half of the tracks on Scars Of The Midwest are instrumental, the
first to feature the breathy voice of Duncan Attwood though is the
bizarrely titled Oig, another slow burner that transcends into a wall of
sound. Meanwhile, the distorted vocal on the tranquil Le:465 is just
beautiful, sounding just like an English Sigur Ros.
Ub1 is Eno-inspired ambience and a chance to reach for the tissues before
the tear-jerkingly depressing Epiphany, a track of epic proportions and
one of the most emotional you are likely to hear in 2006. Samples are
used to very scary effect on this one, distorted to give the impression
of ghostly voices coming from your stereo speakers.
The sonic effect during Ub2 is also quite something as the sound crashes
around the listener like waves in a violent ocean, thanks in the main to
Ben Green's soaring guitars. The stunning Amoc is the album's masterpiece
however. By far the most uplifting track as lightly caressed drums are
merged with vocal harmonies and atmospherics.
Yesterday's Forgotten rounds off the album, a re-working of an early
Blueneck song, stripped down with careful precision into a spooky finale
for what is a fine debut effort for the West Country outfit. If we are
lucky maybe they will come out of the studio and perform it live for us
now.
Part: 2 : Driver Side Impact - Lion (2008)
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- Release Info -------------------------------------------------------------- -
Artist: Driver Side Impact
Album: Lion
Label: Victory
Playtime: 37:18 min
Genre: Rock
URL: http://www.myspace.com/driversideimpact
Rip date: 2008-10-24
Street date: 2008-10-28
Size: 64.83 MB
Type: Normal
Quality: 229 kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo
- Release Notes ------------------------------------------------------------- -
DRIVER SIDE IMPACT started out 2007 with a deal from VICTORY RECORDS and
several promising US tours ahead. The band's debut, The Very Air We Breathe,
showcased the band's knack for heavy melodies and heavier moshable
dance-parts. DRIVER SIDE IMPACT hit the road to take on the world with their
fusion of post-hardcore, dance rock and punk. They faced and dealt with the
natural challenges that face any band this day and age and made it through
with more determination than ever. Their DIY attitude and charisma ended up
earning them a spot on the massive VICTORY RECORDS TOUR of 2007 and made them
one of Victory's newest staple artists.
For fans of: Boys Like Girls, Angels And Airwaves, and Silverstein.
- Track List ---------------------------------------------------------------- -
01. Walking On Water (Feat. Derek Sanders) ( 3:30)
02. Patience (Gave It Up) ( 3:58)
03. Rumor Mill ( 2:52)
04. The Ties That Bind And Break Within ( 1:30)
05. The Lion ( 4:18)
06. Elysium ( 3:27)
07. Better In The Rain ( 2:31)
08. The Day You Made The Sky Fall ( 3:22)
09. All For Nothing ( 3:30)
10. Ascending ( 4:53)
11. Heaven ( 3:27)
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