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██▓█▌ ▄█▀ Title..: enter ▀█▄ ▐██▓▓
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░ ░ ▀██▓ Year..: 2006 ██▓▀ ░ ░
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█ Russian Circles have it. That's really what it all █
█ boils down to in the end, after all the promotion, █
█ the interviews, the advertisements, the one-sheets, █
█ the haranguing from publicists: Does this band have █
█ it -- that impossible-to-define something that you █
█ can't explain, but instantly recognize? It's what █
█ makes a band indelibly memorable and sends people █
█ scurrying to the merch table after their set. █
█ █
█ Up until recently, Russian Circles didn't have much █
█ to sell those people besides a self-released four- █
█ song demo. That's because the band only formed in █
█ late 2004, after the break-up of Dakota/Dakota, the █
█ math-rock band in which guitarist Mike Sullivan and █
█ bassist Colin DeKuiper played. When drummer Dave █
█ Turncrantz moved to Chicago after he quit his old █
█ band, Riddle Of Steel, Russian Circles cohered into █
█ something formidable. █
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█ When the band started playing out, word of mouth █
█ spread quickly and continues to do so. Russian █
█ Circles habitually steal the show from headliners, █
█ even though they don't play the most accessible █
█ music. First, they're instrumental, which for many █
█ people is an instant strike against them. Second, █
█ they play an intense amalgam of punk, metal, indie █
█ rock and even prog -- not exactly the kind of stuff █
█ aired on your local alt-rock station, or college █
█ station for that matter. But people who don't even █
█ like instrumental bands still rush Russian Circles' █
█ merch table after their sets, buying an average of 40 █
█ demos per show. For bands hawking their wares at the █
█ same table, it's an impressive sight. █
█ █
█ With the May release of their debut full-length, █
█ Enter, for up-and-coming indie label Flameshovel █
█ Records (Chin Up Chin Up, The Narrator, Maritime), █
█ Russian Circles now have something else to sell at █
█ the merch table. Recorded over the course of five █
█ quick days with Greg Norman (Zwan, Guided By Voices, █
█ Pelican, Neurosis) at the renowned Electrical Audio █
█ Studios in Chicago, Enter contains only six tracks, █
█ but they pack a lot into them -- the album clocks in █
█ at 44 minutes. Each song flows into the next as if █
█ the record were one single composition in six █
█ movements. █
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█ "We just wanted to make sure it was one giant piece, █
█ not disjointed song by song," Sullivan says. "Just █
█ very thematic, not all over the place. We went into █
█ the studio knowing what songs were going to be in █
█ what order and how we were going to segueway." He █
█ laughs before adding, "It was way too thought out." █
█ █
█ But Enter doesn't seem forced, and Russian Circles █
█ don't sound like a new band clumsily over-thinking █
█ their songs. Four of the songs appeared, in a █
█ different form, on the group's demo, so they have a █
█ lived-in feel. The stunning opener, "Carpe," throws █
█ the gauntlet down early and doesn't let go for nine █
█ minutes. Russian Circles specialize in shifting █
█ dynamics, and not just the binary code of loud/quiet. █
█ The songs seem to hold their breath through intense █
█ moments (check the beginning of the fantastically █
█ titled "Death Rides A Horse"), but exhale through █
█ sweeping, airy horizons that slowly collapse into █
█ dense panoplies. █
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█ Instrumental bands have to compensate for the █
█ presence a vocalist would bring, but with Russian █
█ Circles, vocals seem extraneous. Who needs some █
█ dude's caterwauling when you have Sullivan's richly █
█ textured playing? It's got enough technical flair to █
█ make guitarists in the audience reconsider taking █
█ lessons, but it flows naturally, never resorting to █
█ wanky theatrics. DeKuiper's thick, growling bass █
█ lines provide the punch in the low end. Drummer █
█ Turncrantz's propulsive, polyrhythmic beats make him █
█ the "Jesse's Girl" of the indie scene, leaving band █
█ dudes everywhere wondering, "Where can I find a █
█ drummer like that?" █
█ █
█ Taken together, Russian Circles prove that people who █
█ whine about the dearth of good bands just aren't █
█ looking hard enough. Enter is an exhausting 44 █
█ minutes, but it leaves listeners wanting more. What █
█ can you say? Russian Circles have it. █
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█ 01 09:01 carpe █
█ 02 08:03 micah █
█ 03 05:46 death rides a horse █
█ 04 07:54 enter █
█ 05 08:15 you already did █
█ 06 05:18 new macabre █
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█ Total size : 66,2 MB Total Time : 44:17 min █
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