Album Type: Full Length
Date Released: 24/02/2017
Label: Thrill Jockey Records
“Hopes of Failure” is sparse and minimal yet packed
with detail and intricacies, like Yob and Unearthly Trance stripped of their
psychedelic tendencies to let the raw oppressive riffs do the talking. Aseethe have crafted a slow-burning
masterpiece that reveals more with each listen. Every spin increases the pull
of its hypnotic spell and leaves you with no option but to submit to its
crushing power.
“Hopes of Failure” CD//DD//LP track
listing:
1). Sever The
Head
2). Towers
of Dust
3). Barren
Soil
4). Into The
Sun
The Review:
Thrill Jockey Records continue to bolster the
impressive heavy end of their roster in 2017 with the latest LP from Iowa
Over the
course of four lengthy tracks the band entrances the listener with their
distinct brand of bleak doom. It is sparse and minimal yet packed with detail
and intricacies, like Yob and Unearthly Trance stripped of their psychedelic
tendencies to let the raw oppressive riffs do the talking. Vocals are kept to a
minimum, carefully deployed when necessary for maximum impact such as the
pained howls that accompany the snail-paced downward spiral into misery at the
climax of “Barren Soil”. Aseethe eschew vocals entirely on “Towers
Of Dust”. Instead they focus on aggressive riffage that slowly
degenerates into a jerky discordant locked groove reminiscent of Harvey Milk
at their most awkward.
The band
offer some glimmers of light in amongst the gloom. The middle of “Sever
The Head” breaks down to clean picked guitar that brings a hint of Slint-style
dark post-hardcore to proceedings. This leads to a passage of restrained
heaviness that packs as much of a punch as the punishing riffs that bring the
track to a head.
On “Hopes
Of Failure”, Aseethe have crafted a slow-burning
masterpiece that reveals more with each listen. Every spin increases the pull
of its hypnotic spell and leaves you with no option but
to submit to its crushing power.
“Hopes of Failure” is available to
buy/preorder here
