Album Type: Album
Date Released:
June 17th
2014
Label:
Sargent
House Records
NOISE track
listing:
1. Melody
2. Vanilla
3. Ghost of Romance
4. Heavy Rain
5. Taiyo no Baka
6. Angel
7. Quicksilver
8. Siesta
Bio
With their most
all-encompassing effort to date. It is an amplification of Boris’
endless pursuit of musical extremes while moving aggressive, intense
rock into new territories. Here, the band masterfully intermingles
sludge-rock, blistering crust punk, shimmering shoegaze, epic
thunderous doom, psychedelic melodies and just about everything else
they’ve ever done. (The result) is something more bold, streamlined
and powerful
The
Band Members
Atsuo
- Drums, Vocals
Wata
- Guitars, Vocals
Takeshi
- Bass, Guitars, Vocals
Review:
BORIS
return with their 19th
Studio Album to date. Yes folks, you read that right. 19th
album. BORIS have been going for 22 years now and since then they
have delivered a musical legacy that most bands would die for.
There
are two sides to this legendary band's music. One side where they
experiment with noise, drone, sludge, ambient and shoegaze and the
other a more heavier sound of Sludge, Doom, Drone, Hard Rock,
Psychedelic Rock and Stoner Metal. They have collaborated with Sunn
0))), Merzbow, Ian Astbury and Michio Kurihara.
If
the band release an album under the name – boris – then the band
are in full-on experimental mode with drone, ambient and noise being
the main components. If the band release an album under BORIS then
it's their hard-rocking persona that's going to entertain the hell
out of you.
So
which persona do we have here on their new album – Noise. Well
that's a hard one to answer even with the BORIS being splashed on the
album as the band are embracing the two sides of their music for one
beautiful and hauntingly poetic journey that will give you such an
exhilarating rush of adrenaline
Noise
starts off with the wonderfully heavy as hell – Melody. A song that
sees the band adding Psychedelic Rock with heavy slabs of Noisy
Sludge Rock to awaken your senses with huge waves of noises come
crushing around you which feels like your being crushed by an
uncontrollable force.
2nd
track – Vanilla – is a fast paced heavy rock affair that sees the
band play some of their fastest riffs of their career as the song
instantly grabs your attention with loud noisy riffs drenched in
fuzzy feedback loops that show you why BORIS are a force to be
reckoned with. Takeshi takes centre stage with his pitch perfect
vocals adding a sense of wonder to the overall feel of the album.
3rd
track – Ghost Of Romance – sees BORIS in a more reflective mood
as the song starts with a slowly paced guitar with elements of
ambient based post-rock/shoegaze noise playing in the background.
Though it's still very loud as the song slowly builds up to a loud
wall of noise before the subdued vocals add a soothing calmness to it
all. Wata's trademark loud and edgy dangerous guitar riffs take over
near the end and it proves why she is still one of the finest
guitarists in the realm of Hard Rock.
BORIS
start to tease the listener with different noises and effects as they
turn into their experimental persona on 4th
track – Heavy Rain – though the heavier Sludge Rock notes are
still there for everyone's hearing to be destroyed by as the song has
a dangerous edge and a bitter-sweet persona at the same time as
Wata's beautiful and delicate vocals are very impossible to resist.
One
of the albums stand out is the almost 19 minute epic – Angel –
which is a lovingly crafted tale of epic proportions. This track
shows the entire range of noises that BORIS have perfected within
their 22 year journey as a band. Elements of noise, drone, pop,
sludge, ambient and hard rock combine for one of the most emotionally
involved tracks that the band have ever written. BORIS unleash some
spectacular heavy riffs through out this epic masterpiece.
Things
don't get any quieter on Quicksilver as the band move into some of
the heaviest and noisiest material they have written in years and it
gives this album such an uncontrollable energy you will find very
possible to ignore. As BORIS more from many different levels of NOISE
and I guess that is the point of this album. It sees the band
reflecting back on their legendary career and proving to the world
that BORIS can be classed one of the world's most defining and daring
rock bands.
Noise
is one of their finest records in years. I hope BORIS will be around
for a very long to come as they have proven once again what true
innovators they really are.
Thanks
to Rachel at Silver PR, Lisa at Suburban Records and Sargent House
Records for sending ourselves a promo to review. Noise will be
available to buy from Sargent House Records from 19th
June 2014.
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