By:
Ernesto Aguilar
Album Type: EP
Date Released: 07/07/2017
Label: Art for Blind
Their
debut "Geomagnetic Hallucinations," earned a reputation for its
immersive music and brainy, intriguing lyrical themes. With their follow up
they give you that again, and more. Make no mistake this group is a
high-quality original that stands on its own. The stupendous "Into The
Black Hole" is a true testament to that.
“Dissociation Mechanics” CD//DD//LP track listing
1.
Caught In Triangle Again
2.
Infinite Reconnaissance Imager
3.
Into The Black Hole
4.
The Future Echoes
5.
The Edges Of Reality
The Review:
Defunct
noise rock visionary band Sonic Youth experienced
much popularity over its near 30-year career, including the commercially
successful albums "Goo", "Dirty" and "Daydream Nation." Hardcore
fans point to a recording like 1985's "Bad
Moon Rising" to be the birth of what would be the definitive Sonic Youth sound: sheets of avant garde influences,
rambunctious guitars and off-the-wall effects that were a fertile bed for Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon's irascible songsmithing.
In
listening to psychedelic punk crew Wild Rocket. One cannot
escape an ambience that feels very much like the most animated version of Sonic Youth circa "Bad
Moon Rising" and possibly "Daydream
Nation." In the case of the Dublin, Ireland outfit's sophomore recording,
the emphasis on noise punk, like Sonic Youth, belies a
uniquely crafty selection of music.
On
the opener "Caught In Triangle
Again" the tenor of the past is evident. You can almost lean back and
picture what Moore would do with
this, it is such a faithful interpretation. Make no mistake though, because the
group is a high-quality original that stands on its own. The stupendous "Into The Black Hole" is a
true testament to that.
When
Wild Rocket released their debut, "Geomagnetic Hallucinations," in
2014, it earned a reputation for its immersive music and brainy, intriguing
lyrical themes. In their return, the quartet of punk, doom, noise and rock
tested performers give you that again, and more. With "Dissociation Mechanics" – an SY-style
christening if ever there was one, by the way – that blend is all out on
beautiful, chaotic display.
Wild Rocket's return is
centered musically around several concepts, including the sea and deep space,
as metaphors for cultural and global destruction. Effects laden vocals convey
the depressive mood and the churning rhythm section, not to mention Jon Kelly's synthesizer work, make
those stories feel like they're closing in on you. The listener has such a
tempo on tracks like "The Future
Holds" – steady, thick and swirling it is, among others.
"Dissociation
Mechanics" is available here:
