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* Shoegaze * Indie * Post-Rock * Grunge * Dream Pop * Psych-Rock * Ethereal *
ARTIST..: Rev Rev Rev
ALBUM...: Kykeon
GENRE...: Indie
STYLE...: Psychedelic Rock, Shoegaze, Noise
YEAR....: 2019
LABEL...: Fuzz Club
COUNTRY.: Italy
PLACE...: Modena
ENCODER.: FLAC 1.3.1 -8 -V
BITRATE.: 972 kbps avg
QUALITY.: 44.1kHz / 2 channels
SOURCE..: CD
TRACKS..: 10
SIZE....: 262.58 MB
URL..: http://www.revrevrev.org/
http://www.facebook.com/revrevrev.band
- TRACKLIST
1 Waiting For G÷del 5:11
2 Clutching The Blade 4:00
3 3 Not 3 2:50
4 Gate Of The Dark Female 4:20
5 One Illusion Is Very Much Like Another 3:27
6 Egocandy 3:06
7 Sealand 3:44
8 Adrift In The Chaosmos 2:42
9 Summer Clouds 4:04
10 Cyclopes 4:14
Total Playtime: 37:38
Kykeon is about exploring the obscure. It's a ritual descent into the
underworld, but also a flight through the cold spaces amid the stars. There's
stripped-back song structures, trance-like drumming, fuzzy reverberated
guitars, abrasive atonal sounds and tonnes of feedback.
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Kykeon is the long-awaited third album from Italy's finest shoegazing
noise-rockers Rev Rev Rev, following on from their 2016 LP Des Fleurs
Magiques Bourdonnaient. The band say of the new record: "Kykeon is about
exploring the obscure. It's a ritual descent into the underworld, but also a
flight through the cold spaces amid the stars. There's stripped-back song
structures, trance-like drumming, fuzzy reverberated guitars, abrasive atonal
sounds and tonnes of feedback."
Kicking off the album with a relentless torrent of noise is 'Waiting For
G≈del' and 'Clutching The Blade': two cuts of blistering psychedelic
noise-rock that take no prisoners. The band say of the latter: "Clutching The
Blade' is a good snapshot of our sonic virulence. Among the new songs, it's
the one that truly conveys the energy of our live show. The song itself is
about being trapped in the quicksand of a certain situation and the appalling
feeling that the more you struggle, the faster you sink." This sense of
danger and losing control runs throughout the album, manifested perfectly in
the claustrophobic noise-rock of 'Sealand' and 'Egocandy': primal and
piercing, both tracks are dominated by screeching feedback and slabs of
unforgiving fuzzed-out guitars that are more than capable of blowing both
amplifiers and eardrums.
Kykeon isn't always quite such an intense affair though. Tracks like 'Summer
Clouds' and 'Adrift In The Chaosmos' deal in a sublime Loveless-esque
shoegaze sound; Laura Iacuzio's shadowy, ethereal vocals emerging through
all-consuming walls-of-noise. Then there's the murky, ritualistic drone-rock
found on 'Gate Of The Dark Female' and 'One Illusion' Is Very Much Like
Another' which keep hold of the band's trademark fuzz onslaughts but gear
them more towards explorations into repetition and texture. 'One Illusion',
especially, is bolstered by modular synths, DIY guitar pedals built by
guitarist Sebastian Lugli and the use of a tanpura, a stringed drone
instrument originating from India.
Their finest work yet, Kykeon proves that Rev Rev Rev - based in Modena,
Italy - are without a doubt one of the finest bands today to be carrying the
torch for shoegazers far and wide, old and new - praise that's already been
justly lauded on them countless times since they formed back in 2013.
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Noise Artists Blog:
Italogazers Rev Rev Rev are one of our favorite band. We collaborated with
them in October 2018 to present the band and their music. You can read this
very detailed piece at the following Link. They are now coming back with a
second Album and they honored Noise Artists with the premiere. Thanks guys.
Following a recent trip to the US for a run of shows at SXSW and the
announcement that they'd signed to London-based label Fuzz Club, Italy's
shoegazing noise-rockers Rev Rev Rev are now gearing up to release their
highly-anticipated third album, Kykeon - the follow-up to 2016's Des Fleurs
Magiques Bourdonnaient.
Due for release September 20th, the band say of the new record: "Kykeon is
about exploring the obscure. It's a ritual descent into the underworld, but
also a flight through the cold spaces amid the stars. There's stripped-back
song structures, trance-like drumming, fuzzy reverberated guitars, abrasive
atonal sounds and tonnes of feedback." In support of the album, this October
Rev Rev Rev will set off on a run of dates around the UK and Europe. The
tour-dates can be found below.
Kicking off the album with a relentless torrent of noise is 'Waiting For
G≈del' and 'Clutching The Blade': two cuts of blistering psychedelic
noise-rock that take no prisoners. The band say of the latter: "Clutching The
Blade' is a good snapshot of our sonic virulence. Among the new songs, it's
the one that truly conveys the energy of our live show. The song itself is
about being trapped in the quicksand of a certain situation and the appalling
feeling that the more you struggle, the faster you sink." This sense of
danger and losing control runs throughout the album, manifested perfectly in
the claustrophobic noise-rock of 'Sealand' and 'Egocandy': primal and
piercing, both tracks are dominated by screeching feedback and
slabs of unforgiving fuzzed-out guitars that are more than capable of blowing
both amplifiers and eardrums.
Kykeon isn't always quite such an intense affair though. Tracks like 'Summer
Clouds' and 'Adrift In The Chaosmos' deal in a sublime Loveless-esque
shoegaze sound; Laura Iacuzio's shadowy, ethereal vocals emerging through
all-consuming walls-of-noise. Then there's the murky, ritualistic drone-rock
found on 'Gate Of The Dark Female' and 'One Illusion Is Very Much Like
Another' which keep hold of the band's trademark fuzz onslaughts but gear
them more towards explorations into repetition and texture. 'One Illusion',
especially, is bolstered by modular synths, DIY guitar pedals built by
guitarist Sebastian Lugli and the use of a tanpura, a stringed drone
instrument originating from India: "We like the listener to be conveyed to a
hypnotic flow so we work by subtraction, minimising centrifugal elements such
as harmony and rhythmic variations, instead playing with the sonic texture."
Since the release of their self-titled debut album back in 2013, Rev Rev Rev
- based in Modena, Italy - have repeatedly been hailed as one of the finest
proponents of the modern shoegaze revival. They've clocked up airtime and
praise from 6 Music, Drowned In Sound, Clash Magazine and Bandcamp Daily and
wound up taking their notorious live shows across the UK, Europe and, now,
the US; sharing the stage with the likes of The Jesus and Mary Chain, the
Brian Jonestown Massacre and Ringo Deathstarr along the way. Their finest
work yet, Kykeon proves that Rev Rev Rev are without a doubt one of the
finest bands today to be carrying the torch for shoegazers far and wide, old
and new. Rev Rev Rev is comprised of Laura Iacuzio (guitar/vocals), Sebastian
Lugli (guitar), Andrea Dall'Omo (bass) and Greta Benatti (drums).
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Since the release of their self-titled debut album back in 2013, Rev Rev Rev
have repeatedly beenhailed as one of the finest new shoegaze bands. They've
clockedup airtime and praise fromBBC 6 Music, Drowned In Sound, Clash
Magazine and Bandcamp Daily and wound up taking their notorious live shows
across the UK and Europe; sharing the stagewith the likes ofThe Jesus and
Mary Chain, the Brian JonestownMassacre, The Telescopes and Ringo Deathstarr
along the way. The band were invited atSXSW 2019, where their live set
impressed Bob Boilen of All Songs Consideredand earned thema feature on NPR's
SXSW wrap-up as well as airplay on the network's radios.
The new album, produced by James Aparicio (Spiritualized, Cult Of Dom Keller,
Dead Vibrations), marks also their signing on cult indie psych label Fuzz
Club. First single 'Clutching the blade', out last March and coinciding with
their SXSW participation, was received very well on
psych/shoegaze webzines and beyond. "Kykeon'Ñ was a psychedelic drink made up
of several ingredients, consumed during Eleusinian Mysteries, a
set of rites, ceremonies and experiences held in the ancient Greece. Rev
RevRev's Kykeon is murky, ritualistic drone-rock including trance-like
drumming, fuzzy reverberated guitars, tons of feedback and abrasive atonal
sounds. But also Loveless-esque shoegaze soundwith Laura Iacuzio's shadowy,
ethereal vocals emerging through all-consuming walls-of-noise. A certain
sense of danger and losing control runs throughoutthe album" but the
package also includes a flight into deep space a mid the stars.
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P.S.
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