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Artist | Iceage
Title | New Brigade
Genre | Punk Rock Format | Album
Source | CDDA Time | 24:13
Label | Abeano Music Store | 2011
Catalog | AXLCD555 Rip | 2016
Bitrate | 255 kbps Size | 47.17 MB
Freq | 44.1 kHz Encoder | Lame 3.98.4
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01. Intro 0:47
02. White Rune 2:41
03. New Brigade 2:15
04. Remember 2:13
05. Rotting Heights 1:39
06. Total Drench 1:38
07. Broken Bone 2:30
08. Collapse 2:10
09. Eyes 2:02
10. Count Me In 1:16
11. Never Return 3:08
12. You're Blessed 1:54
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Playing an aggressive but stylish version of punk rock that's intelligent,
expressive, and powerfully physical, Iceage are a quartet from Denmark who
were still in their teens when they began to gain an international
reputation. Iceage was formed in 2008 by singer and guitarist Elias Bender
R°nnenfelt, guitarist Johan Suurballe Wieth, bassist Jakob Tvilling Pless,
and drummer Dan Kjµr Nielsen; the four, whose average age at the time was
17, had been friends for years before they began making an impression with
their music. In 2009, Iceage issued their first self-titled EP, and by 2011
they'd teamed with Tambourhinoceros Records to issue their debut album, a
nervy and hard-hitting set called "New Brigade".
When the album was issued in the United States in mid-2011, Iceage made
their American debut with a performance in Brooklyn, New York. In 2013,
Iceage unveiled their second album, the more sophisticated but still brutal
set "You're Nothing", and the LP earned them a deal with the successful
independent label Matador Records. In 2014, Iceage released album number
three, "Plowing Into The Field Of Love", again through Matador; the album
marked a new creative direction for the group, with horns, keyboards, and
acoustic guitars introduced into the arrangements as the songs became more
dynamic and eclectic, without leaving their darker side behind.
Who would guess that it would take a group of Danish teenagers to
reinvigorate punk? For their debut, "New Brigade", Iceage come furiously
out of the gate, combining the bare-bones art punk popularized by Wire and
Warsaw in the 70s with an 80s hardcore punk spirit. The songs on "New
Brigade" are excellent - quick and succinct blasts that never last longer
than three minutes - as the jagged guitar parts of Johan and Elias tear
along in front of the ragged rhythm section attack of Dan and Jakob. "Total
Drench", "Collapse" and "Count Me In" practically fall apart in reckless
abandon, slow down for a short breather, and then, with a four-count
drumstick click, whip back into a wild fit.
Because Iceage's material is recorded raw, and devoid of traditional
verse/chorus structures, hooks are often hard to locate amidst the
fractured structures and dissonant chords, but they exist. One of Iceage's
best tricks is their ability to turn atonal tension into a melody,
especially when Elias alternates from talk-singing lazily to shouting
passionately in "Broken Bone" and "You're Blessed". Sure, Iceage's debut is
under 25 minutes long, but the short running time makes it all the more
powerful. "New Brigade" is charmingly underdeveloped, slapdash, and direct
- in other words, absolutely thrilling.
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