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Corporation Blend - Chapter Of Accidents EP
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Year :: 2005
Label :: Angry Liberal Records
Cat No :: ALR001
Genre :: Indie
Tracks :: 04
Size :: 29,4 MB
Source :: CDDA
Bitrate :: VBRKBps
Rel. Date :: 11/09/2005
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here is their second single, including the mighty 'be
the weapon' enjoy!
drownedinsound review:
You'll have heard the name bubbling under in the
clubs of London Town for a good couple of years, but
Corporation:Blend don't fit your average Poptones
bill. 'Chapter Of Accidents' is the band's second
single, and takes you on a four-song trip through the
band's many moods and influences.
The EP's most straightforward track is 'Be The
Weapon', a swaggering glam anthem that effectively
pours glitter out of the speakers, but for more
visceral thrills, you need only start from the
beginning. 'Mathematician' is a sinister masterpiece,
which sees the band firing on all cylinders; opening
with maniacal drumming from Ash Howard, the band
effectively invent their own genre (one might call it
'Mexican-Gunfight Punk'), as singer Rob sounds like
he's fighting with a thesaurus, and winning. However,
the momentum changes, when the track decays into a
swaying ballad, before inexplicably stepping back up
a gear into the primitive punk of its opening.
Schizophrenic ain't the half of it.
And therein lies the problem with the EP: while the
first two tracks would have made a fantastic double
A-side single, the other two tracks show a more
confused side to the band as they attempt to cram as
many different ideas into the remaining 13 minutes as
they can. The funky 'Too Rich For Water...' features
Dexy K's finest bass riff to date, but decides to
charge into a prog-punk outro, as Rob seems to have
accidentally turned all his effects pedals on at
once. Similarly, the intense 'Beyond The Day' drags
on slightly during its eight-minute running time, as
do some of its sloganeering lyrics, but when it
decides to kick in (at seemingly random points during
the song), it seems that it could well have been the
highlight of the EP.
Anyone who's seen this band in action know what
theyÆre capable of, but this EP doesn't deliver the
consistent buzz of their live sets. Corporation:Blend
have the potential to be a force to be reckoned with,
that much is certain, but according to the Chapter Of
Accidents, it's only when they want to be.
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[01] Mathematician [03:36]
[02] Be The Weapon [03:21]
[03] Too Rich For Water [03:28]
[04] Beyond The Day [10:10]
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UK Independent