Album Type: EP
Date
Released: 12/12/2014
Label: Self Released
“Pink Noise
Motel” DD track listing:
1). Varnish 11 st Illinois
2). Cassidy Godson Meets Christine Fallin
3). Lions
4). Nascency.Admittance.Guilt.Rebirth
5). Beautiful Savages
6). Death Has No Name
2). Cassidy Godson Meets Christine Fallin
3). Lions
4). Nascency.Admittance.Guilt.Rebirth
5). Beautiful Savages
6). Death Has No Name
Blame
Kandinsky is
Stratos
| Screams
Marm | Makes Pink Noise
Spyros | Shreds the Gnar
Kostas | Plays that Jazz
Chris| Trolls the beat
Marm | Makes Pink Noise
Spyros | Shreds the Gnar
Kostas | Plays that Jazz
Chris| Trolls the beat
Review:
Alright,
anyone who knows me knows I am a sucker for aggressive, math-ish hardcore and
this 19 minutes of wonderful nonsense called ‘Pink Noise Motel’ just made my
month.
Oddball
grooves, sick, rhythmic harsh vocals, aggressive percussion, and an ornate
sense of dissonance and melody give this 6-track EP an urgency rarely heard
since bands like Coalesce and Botch were bringing new noise and The Dillinger
Escape Plan were forward-thinking kids jamming jazz, hardcore, and metal
together until all three were bleeding.
Blame
Kandinsky does provide a little more song craft than some mathcore bands by
actually cycling back to a catchy riff every now and then and beating you to
death with mantra-like riffs and vocals, like the bridge section of the opener
“Beautiful Savages”.
There
are great moments throughout this record where the band is playing pulsating,
unison grooves that break into what almost feels like three or four different
songs between guitars, drums, and bass that then reveal themselves to be
intricate counter rhythms and melodies creating a beautiful labyrinthine web
for the harsh, multi-timbral vocals to arc across. It sounds like Blame
Kandinsky is concerned with not only creating interesting sounds and head
spinning riffs, but also crafting actual songs that grab a listener and push
them through the transitions and abrupt changes in direction.
The
fourth “Nascency.Admittance.Guilt.Rebirth ”
starts off with a layered harmony octave guitar line and turns into a sick,
atonal groove with a repeating line of “WE FEAR TO SEE WHAT WE DID!” that just
crushes before exploding into choppy, confusing rhythms and a dissonantly
melodic mess before bringing it back around to a noisy, stomping riff. This track in particular does an excellent
job of reminding the listener of all of the elements that take over at
different times throughout the earlier tracks of the record.
Words by:
Ian Smedbron
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