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│██ Artist : Tomahawk
██ Album : Tonic Immobility
██ Year : 2021
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│██ Genre : Rock Quality : 255kbps avg/441kHz/Joint Stereo
│██ Source : CD Size : 75.45 Mb
│██ Encoder : LAME 64bits version Language : English
:██ Cat. Nr : IPC235CD Label : Ipecac Recordings
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│▓█ Release date: 2021-03-29 Retail date: 2021-03-26
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1. SHHH! 3:14 ██
2. Valentine Shine 3:01 ██
3. Predators and Scavengers 2:57 ██
4. Doomsday Fatigue 3:29 ██
5. Business Casual 3:29 ██
6. Tattoo Zero 3:18 ██
7. Fatback 3:13 ██
8. Howlie 4:08 ██
9. Eureka 2:03 ██
10. Sidewinder 3:54 ██
11. Recoil 3:27 ██
12. Dog Eat Dog 3:05 ██
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██│ Supergroups have always stuck me as a weird concept in metal, and a
██│ dated one in rock. That sort of fits Tomahawk, the famous(ish) oddball
██│ alt-metal/heavy rock outfit founded by Mike Patton (Mr. Bungle, Faith
██│ No More) and Duane Denison (The Jesus Lizard). Over the last 20 years,
██│ the gritty quartet havenÆt aged a day, forever rocking like itÆs 1998
██│ and they just walked out of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas for the
██│ tenth time. The projectÆs seen its fair share of eclectic and electric
██│ over the years, and with Tonic Immobility, Tomahawkæs first record in
██│ eight years, the band does way more of the former than latter.
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██│ Any act sharing nuts and bolts with Faith No More and Mr. Bungle will
██│ be showing their age nowadays, and indeed, itÆs hard to listen to Tonic
██│ Immobility and not be instantly transported back to the late 90s and
██│ early 00s. Openers ôSHHH!ö and ôValentine Shineö sound ripped right off
██│ the soundtrack of The Shield or Tony HawkÆs Pro Skater. DenisonÆs
██│ versatile riffs hold up PattonÆs straight-from-the-underpass vocals,
██│ shepherding tales of the modern underbelly of society. After
██│ establishing an early aggro vibe on its first few tracks, Tonic
██│ Immobility flips the script. While those big, mean rock elements hang
██│ around the back of the bar, ôDoomsday Fatigueö and ôBusiness Casualö
██│ slink around the scene, signaling a permanent break from your regularly
██│ scheduled fist-pumping. The prowling riffs and plunking bass clear out
██│ a wide berth for PattonÆs lurching vox, bouncing between whispered
██│ sing-song tones, sneering shouts, and hard rock rap. From this point
██│ on, love it or hate it, this is the Mike Patton show.
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██│ Patton is often uninhibited. Songs live and dieùmostly dieùby his
██│ performance. His stalwart pseudo-rapped delivery and grating, truly
██│ fucking grating rhymes drag down songs on the regular. At any given
██│ moment, the lines play like a 90s alt-metal version of ôMy nameÆs Mike
██│ Patton and IÆm here to say/societyÆs fucked up in a major way.ö
██│ PattonÆs not the worldÆs greatest lyricist on a good day, and his lines
██│ here are often brutal enough to roll your eyes out of your head and
██│ down a garbage disposal.1234 In other spots, Patton simply overwhelms
██│ everyone around him. His slam poetry delivery and eponymous screeches
██│ on ôHowlieö or the spoken word of ôSidewinderö would be right for their
██│ songs if he could just back off 11 for two minutes. ItÆs a frustrating
██│ experience because when Tomahawk finally find the center lane, like the
██│ midsections of ôTattoo Zeroö and ôRecoil,ö it works. Then they spiral
██│ into some unholy cross between Sublime and Red Hot Chili Peppers, and
██│ even though you kind of dig it, youÆre left wondering what the hell
██│ youÆre listening to yet a-fucking-gain. ôPredators and Scavengersö
██│ might be the best song on the album by default; itÆs the only one with
██│ a semblance of harmony.
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██│ Denison is never one to shy a bit away from the strange with his axe
██│ work, and Tonic Immobility is no different. There isnÆt a song on here
██│ without a touch of instrumental inspiration from Denison and bassist
██│ Trevor Dunn (Mr. Bungle). ItÆs a pity that most of this worldbuilding,
██│ bolstered by a strong production, gives way to holding patterns for
██│ Patton to Kool-Aid Man through. ThereÆs the foundation for much more,
██│ as evidenced by some of Tomahawkæs prior work. That the central
██│ concepts of the record are often a bit weird isnÆt at issue; itÆs how
██│ much these ideas seem to subsume the rest of the record. Tonic
██│ Immobility not only swirls down a whirlpool of ill-advised concepts, it
██│ swims headfirst for the bottom, giddily tickled by its own weirdness.
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██│ I can respect the creativity and guts required to make these concepts
██│ flesh; at times, They Might Be Giantsæ kaleidoscopic insanity was my
██│ closest touchstone. Yet even at its peak-of-Everest best, this platter
██│ barely rises above mediocre, and itÆs a shame. This willingness to
██│ touch the strange and this commitment to the vision should result in
██│ something better. Still, given that a. thereÆs no accounting for taste,
██│ and b. no one besides me has any, I suspect some folks will still
██│ gobble this up in the midst of a Stockholm Syndrome-induced fever
██│ dream. For the rest of the us though, thereÆs better weird out there.
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