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|. :| _artist......: Waves Of Fury
: || _album.......: Thirst
: |: _year........: 2012
. | _genre.......: Rock
. | _style.......: Punk, Soul
: _label.......: Alive Records
. _cat.nr......: ALIVE0133-2
_source......: CDDA
_quality.....: 262kbps / 44,1kHz
_encoder.....: .mp3 lame 3.98.4 vbr -v0
_tracks......: 10
_size........: 58,95 MB
_length......: 31:26 min
_proof.......: Yes [x] / No [ ]
_url.........: thewavesoffury.com
_tracklist...:
01. Death Of A Vampire 04:06
02. I Don't Know What To Make Of Your Fucked Up 02:30
Friends
03. Businessman's Guide To Witchcraft 03:21
04. Jellyroll 02:45
05. Killer Inside Me 02:42
06. These Things I Leave You 02:09
07. Pretender Soul 03:36
08. The Everlasting Thirst 02:30
09. Nervous Exhaustion 01:17
10. Viodrene 06:30
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31:26 min
_description.: The problem with so much with genre-Clash music is that
the two genres have nothing to do with each other and
frankly, just don't mesh. But, when the congruent parts
can be found by a deft enough band, such as when the
Clash mixed punk with reggae, or when Funkadelic mixed
rock with funk, the combination is greater than the sum
of the parts. In doing so, the mix creates something
completely new, despite the familiarity of the pieces.
Waves of Fury's Thirst could probably be described as a
genre-clash and most surprisingly, is how damn well it
mixes together sloppy, drunken punk with blues and soul
music. Also, they are vampires.
The decision to snap punk into soul does make a certain
sense. Both forms are art that spawns from the gut.
Soul music isn't meant to be played or listened to like
some milquetoast indie band that rare gets above a
whimper. Soul music slams you across the room and gets
you jumping. Likewise, punk rock is meant to get you
screaming, shaking and generally upset. Waves of Fury
see this and pick the most volatile parts of both
genres to make music that isn't punk and soul
separately, but its blues and punk at the same time.
Namely, both "Death of a Vampire" and "Businessman's
Guide to Witchcraft" have horn lines that could easily
fit on Stevie Wonder's most thunderous jams. but, while
the horns soar high and proudly, the vocals and guitars
come crashing down in dirty sheets of reverb, much like
how Funhouse's guitars were as much sledgehammer
thwomps as they were riffs.
But, while the band mixes the sonics well, they make
the music something unique with the lyrics. The words
drift in and out of tales of vampirism, living torment,
greed and heavy drug usage. Not every song has a
paranormal bent, but the physical lashing of the
performance makes every song feel possessed. Soul music
often seemed to reach for the divine, but
paradoxically, Thirst through its raw execution, seems
to sink its arms deep down down into the Earth.
"Killer Inside Me" kicks off with a Fats Domino-style
wacky sax only to abruptly turn into an iggy-Style
shrieking howl while a soulful guitar plinks in the
background. The gradually increase in song intensity
makes an interesting argument. Just as the Stooges were
heavily influenced by Bo Diddley, perhaps punk is soul
music made more savage. Thus, perhaps Thirst is the
push of this journey to its end, where one music
circles back around and instead of either being punk or
soul, it is just, guttural pain. After all, isn't that
pretty much what soul and punk isy
11.26.2012
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