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Best of 2007 - from #60 to #56
2008-02-07 12:36:00
60. manowar - 'gods of war' 'Gods Of War' has turned, surprisingly, into the most divisive album of Manowar's long career. Sure, they have always been a factor of contention within metal as a whole. On one side you have the people who think they're silly and dumb, on the other all the fans who realize that the over-the-top posturing is exactly the point of Manowar and are therefore free to enjoy the music, that has been of a superior quality very often, something which is often overlooked because of the whole image the band generates. Few casual listeners think that Manowar actually have written, among other things, a haunting, crushing doom song ('Hatred'), gorgeous metal ballads ('Master Of The Wind', 'Courage', 'Heart Of Steel'), rousing epic cavalcades ('Black Wind, Fire And Steel', 'The Power Of Thy Sword', 'March For Revenge'), not to mention the 30-minute epic 'Achilles, Agony And Ecstasy In Eight Parts'. The one decision that is arguable about 'Gods Of...

Best of 2007 - from #65 to #61
2008-02-04 17:53:00
65. the ocean - 'precambrian' The scope of 'Precambrian' is simply staggering. An ambitious double album (comprised of a mini-CD, 'hadean/archaean' and a "full" disc, 'proterozoic'), entirely conceptualized (and metaphorized, too) around the creation of the Earth, created by a band that's not even a band, but an open collective of musicians (their official name is actually The Ocean Collective), how's that for starters? By all this you might expect a dreamy, drawn out record with 20-minute songs, but that's where the Berliners surprise you. The music that bellows forth from their apparently huge rehearsal space is the finishing move to this overwhelming ambition, and it's surprisingly intense - a rather unique mixture between post-rock, Cult Of Luna especially, and vicious metallic hardcore like Converge, all of it tempered by odd little details like left-field electronic bleepings and atmospheres. Enriched by some of the best packaging I've ever seen on a digipak, 'Pr...

Best of 2007 - from #70 to #66(6)
2008-01-31 16:17:00
70. viaje a 800 - 'estampida de trombones' [review published on issue #159 of Terrorizer magazine]After a long silence, Spaniards Viaje A 800 return with their unusual take on stoner rock. Despite the relative conventionality of their music, very clearly influenced by Black Sabbath, Hawkwind and Kyuss, it?s hard to pinpoint what exactly sounds different about them. Indeed, the Spanish lyrics give it an air of exoticism that is rare in this sort of music, but the riffs are hypnotic enough for the language to be quickly forgotten after a couple of songs. Perhaps it?s the fact that Viaje A 800?s songs are more direct, less hazier, less stoned if you will, than your typical stoner rock. They not only avoid the drugged out, long repetitions common in some other bands of this kind, but there?s in fact an almost punk-like immediacy in the rockier songs like ?Zé? or ?Patio Custodio? that is very satisfying. ?Estampida De Trombones? is the chance to listen to an example of how to give a ti...

Best of 2007 - from #75 to #71
2008-01-31 13:38:00
75. mael mórdha - 'gealtacht mael mórdha' It's not only Primordial doing the Irish epic thing - Mael Mórdha (which is the name of an ancient Irish king from the 11th century, in case you were wondering) also evoke images of standing on windswept moors beating your chest in the rain. While Primordial have transcended that and turned into something quite unique over the past few years, Mael Mórdha are younger and keep their music closer to the Irish folk-metal style of something like 'Journey's End', but there are a few twists to their style as well, namely their doom influences, which help turn this album into something a bit special too. The epic, mournful tales owe as much to the Bathory's viking heroics school as they do to Cathedral or Candlemass riff-of-doooom school, and all this mixed with the folk elements and the captivating historical storytelling makes 'Gealtacht Mael Mórdha' a mandatory release if you're into this sort of thing. What about a Mael Mórdha / Primor...

Best of 2007 - from #80 to #76
2008-01-18 11:37:00
80. amorphis - 'silent waters' Vocalist Tomi Joutsen was part of what helped make Amorphis' 2006 album 'Elegy' such a resounding come-back for the band. I manifested my love for it on these very pages and gave it a very respectable spot on my best of 2006 list, at the time. His deep, soulful yet powerful voice carried those wonderful compositions even beyond their original brilliance and put a band that was more or less fading right back on the map. This is all good, but it created a huge anticipation for this follow-up, which naturally takes away a bit of the impact that it might have had otherwise. Therefore it's natural that you'll feel somewhat underwhelmed on your first sessions with 'Silent Waters', especially considering the subtlety of the album. There is nothing as catchy as 'Brother Moon' or instantly live-set-material like 'House Of Sleep' here, as this record is much less direct. After this initial adaptation, however, the rich melodic tapestry becomes appar...

Best of 2007 - from #85 to #81
2008-01-17 11:45:00
85. helrunar - 'baldr ok íss' Enslaved have long moved on to grander and more all-encompassing things, but if you still long for some straight-up viking black metal in the vein of Bathory and, indeed, old Enslaved, Helrunar, along with bands like Helheim or Kampfar, are one of the best prospects available right now. 'Baldr Ok Íss' works great especially because it's a very balanced record - although these Germans never go all widdly on us, even offering some harsh and more traditional black metal like in the ferocious 'Schwarzer Frost' or 'Íss', they do know when to get down to acoustics and old-man-storyteller mode ('Winter'). The rest of the album is the typical chest-beating epic style, and the whole mix is yet another perfect soundtrack to some conquering and pillaging while wearing a horned helmet. Not terribly original, but it sounds great anyway. Helrunar - 'Schwarzer Frost'84. gravetemple - 'the holy down'Take Stephen O'Malley (Sunn O))), Khanate, Burning Wit...

Best of 2007 - from #90 to #86
2008-01-10 01:37:00
90. [beforetherain] - '...one day less' The long awaited debut full length of these Portuguese doomsters is vast and contemplative to the point of feeling like a journey. In fact, it feels like several journeys in one - both a journey to the most dramatic of human emotions and also a musical journey to a time when Anathema were putting out albums like 'Serenades'. Darren-period Anathema is indeed the main reference point here, especially for Carlos D'Água's mournful vocalis, but in a genre in which it's hard to innovate, it's the work of riffmeisters Valter Cunha and Hugo Santos (who is also in the gigantic post-doom band Process Of Guilt) in particular that lifts '...One Day Less' above the usual norm. The pair weave a perfectly balanced tapestry of sorrow without being mushy, of melancholy without being wimps. Those seventeen minutes (count 'em!) of the closing title track must rank very highly on the song of the year category. [BeforeTheRain] - 'You... My Ruin'89. wo...

Best of 2007 - from #95 to #91
2008-01-09 11:04:00
95. down - 'iii: over the under' Never try / You either do it or don't waste your time, croons Phil Anselmo hoarsely on 'Never Try', one of the standout tracks from the third Down album. It shows the determination that's behind this album, a determination that's fueled by very real factors, especially for the former Pantera frontman - his battles with addiction, Dime's death and everything that happened up to that point, Phil is a man with demons and he's not afraid to look them in the eyes, and his vocal performance is intense, soulful and one of the best of his career. Katrina is also a theme hanging over the music created by all these New Orleans natives (Phil, Pepper from Corrosion Of Conformity, Kirk from Crowbar, Rex the ex-Pantera bassist and drummer Jimmy Bower who's been in nearly every known local band), and all these hardships give the hard rockin' blues of 'Over The Under' a very real and very gritty feeling. The music is right up there, too - from the 70s r...

Best of 2007 - The action is go!
2008-01-08 12:09:00
I've been obsessively dedicated to music since I was a wee lad, and being extra anal about it I have naturally compiled every kind of list possible about music. But my most meaningful lists have always been the end of year ones, to the point that my, erm, liberal updating of this space has been greatly saved by these lists. It's that time again (ie, January), and during the painful task of compiling 2007's list I realized that this has been of the best years for good music, in the sheer amount of quality releases, in recent memory. Doing those top20s that the magazines I write for have asked me was hellish. Stretching it to top50 for too.many.records. alleviated a bit but was still unthinkable in terms of what it would still leave out. Therefore, dear friends, I present you my insane top100 of 2007. And you know what? There's still a bunch of unmentioned ones that I hate to leave out. That's how cool 2007 was.Onward!100. seahorse - 'i'll be new' 'I'll Be New' feels like a...
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Red and raw
2007-12-13 00:02:00
crooked fingers - 'red devil dawn'released: january 2003merge recordssongs:1. big darkness 2. don't say a word 3. you can never leave 4. bad man coming 5. you threw a spark 6. boy with (100) hands 7. sweet marie 8. angelina 9. disappear 10. carrion dovesSome records are better enjoyed in a certain state of mind. Despite its consistent quality that has made 'Red Devil Dawn' a weekly revisited record of mine since its release in 2003, it's clearly an album for the brokenhearted. Not that Eric Bachmann's band (now performing solo, after an outrageously beautiful first album, 'To The Races') have ever been a bundle of laughs, but there's a strangely euphoric quality about this album's sadness, an almost resigned, contemplative weight of the spirit that can suddenly break into song for a little while just because a pretty bird passed overhead.It's the storytelling that does it, too. Bachmann can sound deeply personal in his lyrics, going to the point of naming names (Angelina...

helenic horror
2007-10-14 23:38:00
ravencult - 'temples of torment'released: september 2007dark essence recordssongs:1. the sigil of baphomet 2. in times of demise 3. onslaught command 4. blessed in heresy 5. commence the burning of heavens 6. the nightsky codex 7. utter cold void 8. the needles of truthAfter a few more months of absence, nothing better to kick too.many.records. back to life than a bit of fucked-up black metal from hell, right? Well, it's not really hell, it's Greece, but don't let that little fact affect your judgement of Ravencult, because there is little Mediterranean-ness, or none at all, in their music. Unlike, say, Rotting Christ, to keep it in Greece, or Negur? Bunget, to go a little bit up north to Romania, who are both living proof that black metal can jolly well have nothing to do with creepy Nordic woods, Ravencult have chosen not to wear their geographical origins on their sleeves. 'Temples Of Torment', their debut album, goes in the same direction that the couple of demos and the ...
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top50 - #2
2007-02-28 16:05:00
2. william elliott whitmore - 'song of the blackbird' or from:My excitement about this record was probably very noticeable back then when I talked about its predecessor 'Ashes To Dust' and urged everyone to keep an eye out for this one. See, I had reasons. WhatIi think and feel about Will and his music is already quite apparent in that review, so I can spare you all the redundant praise and step straight into 'Song Of The Blackbird'.If you have heard Will before (and if you haven't, by god, fix that pronto) you won't be too shocked by the beginning of the record, with his by-now familiar banjo strum introducing 'Dry'. However, as the song progresses, and later the album itself, some slight changes are apparent, namely the melodic richness of the vocals. Will has never been monochordic, but some of the songs here showing a range that's much wider than before.(photo by Curtis Lehmkuhl)One of the things I like to do with Will's songs is show them to people who have never he...

top50 - #3
2007-02-20 00:57:00
3. negură bunget - 'om' (review published on issue 33 of Unrestrained! magazine and slightly adjusted for too.many.records.)Maybe in a few years we will have a better term for it than the rather hideous post-black metal, but there’s a wealth of activity brewing in the wake of the black metal’s heyday that is truly fascinating, with a few bands expanding on the orthodox black metal framework by incorporating other influences and concepts. Just as quick examples, there’s Blut Aus Nord, Anaal Nathrakh, Deathspell Omega and these rather mysterious romanians, Negură Bunget.Having evolved wildly in the 10 years of their existence so far, never making the same record twice, they now seem to have reached a point of maturity of which 'Om' is the direct result: an ambitious piece which will surely lift them out of the hushed possible-big-thing-in-the-future semi-obscurity in which they have dwelled in the past few years. It’s not like the previous album, '‘N Crugu Bradului',...

top50 - #4
2007-02-20 00:54:00
4. melvins - '(a) senile animal' Ahh, the Melvins. The oddest, most left-field and utterly essential side-effect of the early 90s Seattle craze, who after all these years are still young (at heart), fresh and invigorating. King Buzzo and his cohorts always manage to do something exciting and new with every one of their albums, and they're not new to collaborations (take the unforgettable Fantômas + Melvins Big Band album), but this time the result is even better than their insanely good norm. Basically they incorporated a whole band into the Melvins fold, with the two members of the band Big Business, Jared Warren and Coady Willis. Now, these two guys are a bass player and a drummer. Since Dale is obviously still a Melvin, do the math - two drummers.The two drummer idea isn't a new invention, although it's a rare attempt, and it could easily have been a meaningless gimmick. But come on, this is the Melvins. so one listen to '(A) Senile Animal' is enough to not only convince ...

top50 - #5
2007-02-08 17:07:00
5. solitude aeturnus - 'alone' Solitude Aeturnus never really went away, but the amount of time since the release of the wonderfully bleak 'Adagio' left the most dedicated fans worrying. The band indeed took a break, but apparently splitting up was never in the cards, which should make any doom fan rejoice. Yet further rejoicing is in order as well, as 'Alone' shows that the time did them well.Now that vocalist Rob Lowe has been selected as the new voice of Candlemass, and since he will keep his post in Solitude Aeturnus, proper and long overdue attention might start to be directed to this band. Few bands deserve it more - they have long been a steady, strong and reliable pillar of doom metal in particular and metal as a whole. 'Alone' is mesmerizing, right from the start, right before the music, even. Record cover of the year by a wide mile, the Travis Smith artwork describes the music with more accuracy than any reviewer ever will. Just like that tragically beautiful image...

top50 - #6
2007-02-06 10:36:00
6. ed harcourt - 'the beautiful lie' Ed's 2006 album was actually my very first review on too.many.records., and the choice was easy at the time, because it was the record permanently glued to my stereo. It was also, I thought, a good universal choice for a blog that I like to try to maintain eclectic, despite my general metallic leanings - there is something here for everyone, if you know where to look.The person who introduced me to Ed in the first place has had a hard time getting to grips with what is, essentially, Ed's step into maturity. I fell in love with Ed for his sunny pop hooks and easy-going goodtimes, so I'm not sure if our relationship will take this latest change, she says, and that might be the biggest stumbling block to overcome when dealing with 'The Beautiful Lie'.The hooks are there, as is still the boyish irreverence that I mentioned on my first review of this, but everything is a bit denser and slightly more sombre in places, so the sunny bits take thei...

top50 - #7
2007-02-01 02:14:00
7. celtic frost - 'monotheist' Tom Warrior (or his real name, which he uses nowadays, Thomas Gabriel Fischer) had a lot to lose here. Celtic Frost are a sacred name in metal history, one of the most essential bands of the 80s and pioneers in every way, responsible for the existence of much of the quality extreme music we hear today. They're so important that most fans have forgiven them for the unforgettably horrible sell-out that was 'Cold Lake'. Therefore, to reactivate a band like this after over a decade is a very risky move. The panorama is different, tastes are different, Tom and his other Celtic Frost half, Martin Eric Ain, are older and there's the ever-present 'you're doing it for the money!' accusation. So despite the name, there's no guarantee of quality, in fact, the name could weigh them down negatively.Well, forget all that. 'Monotheist' is a staggering achievement. From the very first listen it is very clear that Fischer's soul is all over this album, as ...

top50 - #8
2007-01-29 12:03:00
8. sunn o))) & boris - 'altar' Before I even start on the difficult task of trying to describe what this record sounds like, it's worth it to mention that this is how a collaboration album should be done. Much like the Richard Buckner & Jon Langford record, except in an entirely different musical genre, 'Altar' is much more than the sound of the two bands fused together. It's not Sunn o)))'s drones with Boris 'hazy, slowly unveiling riffing. 'Altar' is the sound of two already essential bands bringing their talents together and creating something new, something that is much, much more from a mere sum of two parts.As if the joining of these two titans of weirdness wasn't enough, some other heavyweights join the fun too. Most notable among the gang are Kim Thayil, former Soundgarden guitar player (so good to hear from him!), who contributes guitar on 'Blood Swamp', the mighty Joe Preston (Melvins, High On Fire, Earth), who is actually responsible for the two bands meeting...

top50 - #9
2007-01-26 11:25:00
9. deicide - 'the stench of redemption' If you read me going on about it at the time, you know I was pretty excited when this came out, and I had good reasons to. Deicide had been for so many years a frustrating band, churning out okay records when you knew they had it in them to do so much more. The Hoffman brothers, talented guitarists as they are, were settled in an uncomfortable animosity with mainman Glen Benton, which obviously did not do wonders for band chemistry. Exit Hoffmans, enter Ralph Santolla and Jack Owen, and these two axemen gave Deicide new life. Or new death, in this case.A fired up Glen Benton is not someone you want to fuck with, really. His mighty roar in the cute-titled 'Death To Jesus', or his quasi-black metal screeches on the thundering, scary 'Walk With The Devil In Dreams You Behold', show a man with a sense of purpose once again. Backed up by some of the more twisted, squealing guitarwork of the year and a constant, brutal battery, this is really ...

top50 - #10
2007-01-25 21:46:00
10. boris - 'pink' If you know this band, let's assume, for this paragraph, that you don't. Look at that cover. And that album title. And even, if you're not a Melvins connoisseur, the rather indifferent band name. It does seem like everything screams lame at you, doesn't it? Well, brace yourself. All this outside appearance gives you very few hints that you have one of the most exciting, energetic, vital albums of the year in front of you. Having been around for over 10 years, this Japanese trio has been mostly a cult phenomenon, but a wildly creative one nonetheless, with their sound mutating from album to album, from noise to drones to rockier moments. 2006 seems to have been their long overdue breakout year, with both the Sunn o))) collaboration album (wait for it...) and this 'Pink' thing.The first track, strangely enough, doesn't really prepare you for what's coming. Although it's brilliantly done, like a spaced-out Jesu jamming with Sigur Rós, it's very dreamy an...

top50 - #15 to #11
2007-01-24 19:14:02
the last batch before the top 10, which will include a song from each album in .mp3 format.11. amorphis - 'eclipse'also given the too.many.records. treatment several months ago when it came out, 'eclipse' has been a huge grower, especially after seeing these songs played live and managing to sound even more engaging than the older classics. an astonishing interpretation of a finnish traditional tale, 'eclipse' is a rainbow of moods, expertly coloured by terrific keyboard work, traditional instrumentation and memorable guitar leads in that typical amorphis tone. and the voice. tomi joutsen was an unbelievable find and it feels as if he's been in the band for years. amorphis are currently in the studio recording the follow-up to 'eclipse', and it they manage to top it, you can bet they'll be on this list next year again, but a few positions higher even.12. jesu - 'silver'as you might have noticed from my desperate attempts to convey what jesu sound like, this isn't a band...

top50 - #15 to #11
2007-01-24 11:53:00
The last batch before the top 10, which will include a song from each album in .mp3 format.11. amorphis - 'eclipse'Also given the too.many.records. treatment several months ago when it came out, 'Eclipse' has been a huge grower, especially after seeing these songs played live and managing to sound even more engaging than the older classics. An astonishing interpretation of a Finnish traditional tale, 'Eclipse' is a rainbow of moods, expertly coloured by terrific keyboard work, traditional instrumentation and memorable guitar leads in that typical Amorphis tone. And the voice. Tomi Joutsen was an unbelievable find and it feels as if he's been in the band for years. Amorphis are currently in the studio recording the follow-up to 'Eclipse', and it they manage to top it, you can bet they'll be on this list next year again, but a few positions higher even.12. jesu - 'silver'As you might have noticed from my desperate attempts to convey what Jesu sound like, this isn't a band...

top50 - #20 to #16
2007-01-24 01:13:02
16. enslaved - 'ruun'the towering expectations that previous album 'isa' created could have been a problem, but not so with enslaved. their progression seems unstoppable and 'ruun' is, incredibly, another major step forward in the refining of their by now trademark sound. enslaved have that rare ability to keep adding elements to their music, which started out in the early 90s as high quality but nevertheless rather straightforward viking black metal. these additions don't just augment their compositions, they seemingly fuse together, creating an immense soundscape to which you'll be irresistibly drawn to. closer to neurosis than to black metal as such these days in their all-encompassing scope, on 'ruun' enslaved give you roars, rasps and clean vocals, furious riffing and atmospheric passages, orchestral elements and straight-ahead intensity, progressive influences, middle eastern-sounding melodies and tons of standing-on-windswept-cliffs moments. not so much pushing the ...

#20 - #16
2007-01-23 13:13:01
16. enslaved - 'ruun'the towering expectations that previous album 'isa' created could have been a problem, but not so with enslaved. their progression seems unstoppable and 'ruun' is, incredibly, another major step forward in the refining of their by now trademark sound. enslaved have that rare ability to keep adding elements to their music, which started out in the early 90s as high quality but nevertheless rather straightforward viking black metal. these additions don't just augment their compositions, they seemingly fuse together, creating an immense soundscape to which you'll be irresistibly drawn in. closer to neurosis than to black metal as such these days in their all-encompassing scope, on 'ruun' enslaved give you roars, rasps and clean vocals, furious riffing and atmospheric passages, orchestral elements and straight-ahead intensity, progressive influences, middle eastern-sounding melodies and tons of standing-on-windswept-cliffs moments. not so much pushing the ...

raising the flag
2007-01-23 13:13:01
stiff little fingers - 'flags & emblems'released: 1991running time: 35'48"castle communicationssuggested for review by ainosongs: 1. (it's a) long way to paradise (from here) 2. stand up and shout 3. each dollar a bullet 4. the cosh 5. beirut moon 6. the game of life 7. human shield 8. johnny 7 9. die and burn 10. no surrenderin face of recent events, it's sadly appropriate that aino suggested this record for me to talk about, a record that had the song 'beirut moon' as a first single. there was controversy at the time, with the single being banned for the attacks it contained on the british government regarding its action (or lack thereof) in the john mccarthy hostage situation. this might have given stiff little fingers a much needed boost of credibility they desperately needed at the time. 'flags & emblems' came out at a difficult time in the life of the northern irish band - generally considered to be washed up and way past their prime, reforming after five years of...
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dynamic duo
2007-01-23 13:13:01
richard buckner & jon langford - 'sir dark invader vs. the fanglord'released: may 31, 2005running time: 30'43"buried treasuresongs: 1. rolling of the eyes 2. nothing to show 3. sweet anybody 4. from attic to basement 5. torn apart 6. stayed 7. the inca princess 8. no tears tonight 9. do you wanna go somewhere?this record could not have been released on a better titled label for it than buried treasure records. this collaboration is indeed a treasure, and one that could have easily remained buried, having been shelved for almost three years before its release. a treasure, mostly because of its uniqueness and improbability. you'd be hard pushed to find less likely indie musicians to hook up and make a record than introspective richard buckner (the dark invader, in case you were wondering) and expansive jon langford (yes, the fanglord), well known for his work in punk pioneers the mekons and in country-punks waco brothers. yet hook up they did, in a chicago apartment where they...
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top50 - #25 to #21
2007-01-23 13:13:01
21. agalloch - 'ashes against the grain'one of the most important and unclassifiable bands in the united states right now, agalloch continue to define their own sound while striding confidently into the pantheon of the great unclassifiables of every genre, like neurosis or mogwai or even godspeed you black emperor!. what makes every agalloch release increasingly essential is not a specific, look-this-is-it factor. it is the sheer scale that their intricate compositions hold within themselves. steer well clear if you want immediate music - 'ashes against the grain' will start to click around the 15 or so listens, but when it does, each and every song will feel like an entire universe where you can explore and discover new details every day.22. ljå - 'til avsky for livet'it is unusual, at least in my lists, for an album that has a very low level of originality to be placed this high. 'til avsky for livet' doesn't have many things that haven't been done before similarly, at l...

top50 - #30 to #26
2007-01-23 13:13:01
26. tool - '10,000 days'epitomizing the 'progressive' tag while avoiding what bands-who-really-want-to-be 'progressive' do, tool just keep evolving, mutating, rooting themselves deeper. they progress, in fact. no need here to indulge in pointless 15-minute songs that could easily have been written for 5 and do note scale acrobatics. tool's music is deep and complex, and at the same time incredibly primal and intuitive - it has the ability to move you at whatever level you choose to take it. at times retrospective ('vicarious' as a 'stinkfist' for the new generation), at times introspective and challenging (the two 'wings' songs), '10,000' days, like the band itself is always interesting, always exciting and it always matters.27. krux - 'krux ii'the great leif edling, doom grandfather extraordinaire, probably seeking a bit of rest from the current problems of candlemass, re-activated his other band in 2006 to present every doom aficionado with a true modern classic o...

a beautiful truth
2007-01-23 13:13:01
ed harcourt - 'the beautiful lie'released: june 5, 2006running time: 54'33"emi internationalsongs: 1. whirlwind in d minor 2. visit from the dead dog 3. you only call me when you're drunk 4. the last cigarette 5. shadowboxing 6. late night partner 7. revolution in the heart 8. until tomorrow then 9. scatterbraine 10. rain on the pretty ones 11. the pristine claw 12. i am the drug 13. braille 14. good friends are hard to finded harcourt has been a rather unusual presence within the singer/songwriter bunch for the duration of his recording career. his boyish irreverence is very present in his typically quirky songwriting, and the fans of his previous work probably would describe his music based on the catchy pop/rock full of feeling that has graced the songs of his consistently good four albums. well, 'the beautiful lie' is a little bit different. even if the melancholy has always been there, it's more evident this time around due to the delicacy of most songs. 'the beautiful ...
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a sad day
2007-01-23 13:13:01
jesu - 'jesu'released: february 21, 2005running time: 74'31"hydraheadsongs: 1. your path to divinity 2. friends are evil 3. tired of me 4. we all faulter 5. walk on water 6.sun day 7. man/woman 8. guardian angelalways a man with his fingers in many a pie, justin broadrick's musical output has ranged from grindcore (with his brief passage by napalm death in the 80s) to ambient electronics (techno animal) to hiphop (ice) to remixing other people, not to mention of course the enormity of his work in his most known band, godflesh, which he led for nearly 15 years.it was therefore hard to guess which direction his new project, jesu, would take, but justin gladly made it very clear for everyone when he said that he wanted to make 'the saddest music possible'. well, this is certainly a bold claim, and not an easy goal to achieve - god knows cd racks are full of people desperately wanting to sound miserable and ending up sounding like whiny teenagers. the debut ep 'heartache' was ce...