We Are Knives - We Have Become Like Knives
ARTIST........: We Are Knives
TITLE.........: We Have Become Like Knives
LABEL.........: Feraliminal Recordings
URL...........: http://www.myspace.com/theweareknivestrio
GENRE.........: Alt. Rock
QUALITY:......: 203 kbps avg/ 44100Hz / Joint Stereo
RIP DATE......: 2007-02-25
RELEASE DATE..: 2006-10-00
Tracklist:
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01. Five 4:03
02. One 5:41
03. Four 4:48
04. Six 4:09
05. Seven 5:59
06. Two 8:57
Total 33:37
Release Notes:
"WeAreKnives is a powerFUKKINGtrio! WeAreKnives sing when they feel like it!
WeAreKnives use their fingers..alot! WeAreKnives really love being we are
knives! WeAreKnives enjoy a fine cola and savoury snack! WeAreKnives have come
to wreck everything and ruin your life! "
"In everything IÆve ever said and written about this band, IÆve always made it
very clear that I dig what they are doing. With this release, the result is
similar. Having widely sounded out the emerald isle for over a year now with
their electrifying live performances, We Are Knives have released their debut
EP, We Have Become Like Knives, onto the masses via Feraliminal Recordings. And
by God is it good.
The first thing that strikes me about the EP is the puzzling artwork that
accompanies it. ItÆs a very novel concept and if you pick up the CD, make sure
to spend a few minutes looking at it.
The second thing to strike me, and essentially the most important, is the
quality of sound and production. If you know the band at all, youÆll know that
their overly layered and progressive sound can quite easily get quite lost in
the cosmos, but Einstein Studios have tweaked a sound that is finely layered,
not a noise getting lost in the mix.
The songs flow well together and thereÆs a certain pleasure to be taken from
lying back and letting yourself get lost in the complex and, at times, crashing
riffs that tend to swirl through your head, creating a rhythm not unlike a
thundering train, hammering along at speed.
Opting for a numerical naming convention, ô1ö opens the CD with an absorbing
hypnotic riff, quickly joined by powerful drums and bass, stirring the listener
immediately to attention. Other stand out tracks include ô2ö with its long and
winding intro mutating into a collage of rapturous guitar licks and ô4ö which
could easily be the prologue to an astral plane somewhere. Not to say these are
the only stand out tracks though, the whole CD is tremendously on form, just
begging to be put on repeat.
The CD is mostly instrumental, Hornby quipping in with vocals on only a number
of short occurrences. His voice is a thorny and rugged affair, tainted with an
air of desperation that suits the complicated rhythms hugely and adds to the
power and potency of the music.
Over the last year, We Are Knives have shown perfectly how easy it is to
side-step the ôsceneö and get yourself heard with a powerful and original sound.
To date, they have kept themselves to themselves, played with an air of
freshness, and now released an EP that backs up everything they have done with
the steadfast security that they will be around to be heard for the foreseeable
future.
Watch out world, soon this will beyond a local thing.
(Out now on Feraliminal Recordings and available at WAK live shows)"