Artist: Drill
Title: The Last Taboo Of America
Label: Saturate
Genre: Alternative
Bitrate: 170kbit av.
Time: 00:31:43
Size: 42.33 mb
Rip Date: 2008-09-25
Str Date: 2008-10-06
1. Plan Dalet 1:28
2. Pitmanic 6:44
3. Diaspora 15:46
4. Deir Yassin 0:43
5. Pitmanic (Stripped Repeats Remix) 4:48
6. The Last Taboo Of America 2:14
Release Notes:
Drill first formed in early 1989 but split in 1994, a
reformation around 2005 and here we are today with a new EP.
So many dates there I should have a tweed jacket and really be
telling you about the fall of the Roman Empire, but that would
stop me from letting you know about Drill. I can't say I'm
best placed to do that either, they are new to me and I can't
help believe its luck that I got this one to review.
This six tack EP is awesome; I should really have my head
looked at for not having heard of this band before. If you are
a fan of Post-Hardcore bands such as Quicksand, 16, Slint,
Ministry, hell even Killing Joke, then just do anything you
can to get this EP. A band from Newcastle making clever, edgy
and intense five to fifteen minute songs that suck you in to a
surreal soundscape of guitar, drums, bass and Slint-like
unpredictability; each song leaves you wondering if you should
hit the back button or let the next song play.
PitManic sounds like something lifted right off the first Will
Haven record, the guitar setting the rhythm, the bass jumping
in and out, kick ass drums and the best sounding cymbals you
will hear this year, I promise. The vocals somewhat muted but
gnarly absolutely perfect as they never overpower the
background laid by any instrument.
Diaspora is a fifteen minute epic slice of genius. This well
thought out track has done enough by the seven minute mark to
let the next song kick in, but Drill aren't finished with you
yet there's another seven minutes to go, full of noises not a
million miles away from the score of a John Carpenter film and
just as hypnotic as the seven minutes before, it's starting to
become clear why these guys took three years to get this EP
together.
I'm giving these guys a ten, for effort alone but there is so
much more to the package.
There may be a few bands out there like them after all Drill
were new to me, they are unique as far as I'm concerned and
well worth checking out.
Listening to this made me realise that there never was enough
bands doing this sort of music in this sort of style, their
own way!