KHANATE ARE ONE OF MANY BANDS ON THE GLIMMERING CURRICULUM VITAE OF ONE STEPHEN K O'MALLEY. TIME AND SPACE ACTUALLY DO PERMIT ME TO LIST THEM ALL BUT LET'S JUST SAY HE IS MOST FAMOUS FOR DOING SUN0)))))))). IN FACT SOMEONE ONCE SAID KHANATE SOUNDS LIKE THAT BAND BUT WITH DRUMS.
WHICH, IN CASE YOU DO NOT KNOW, MEANS MOLASSES-SLOW AND CRUSHING MUSIC IN AN OUTER REALM OF METAL. GUITARS ARE TUNED TO CREATE WEAPONS TO FLUTTER YOUR TROUSERS WITH EVERY MEASURED THWWWWWWAAAAAAAANG. I THINK IT IS MEANT TO CONVEY THE PESTILENT AND SOUL-CRUSHING BUT TO ME IT JUST SOUNDS COOL. I'VE HEARD HARVEY MILK. YOU CAN'T FOOL ME.
AS PROMISED THE FIRST TRACK IS A REMIX OF A KHANATE SONG I HAVE NOT HEARD CALLED NO JOY. IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A REMIX IE. TAKING A FEW ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS AND MAKING IT INTO A DANCE SONG. RATHER IT SOUNDS MORE LITERAL: A RE-MIX OF A SONG. A SECOND MIX. ANOTHER GO AT AN OTHERWISE STRUCTURALLY INTACT TUNE. IT IS SLOW AND MOODY BUT THERE'S A SLIGHTLY DUBBY AND MOODY TREATMENT OF THE VOCALS THAT REALLY MAKES THE BACK HALF OF THE SONG FEEL LIKE YOU'RE OUT IN A RAINY FIELD GETTING SHAT ON BY THE WEATHER. IT'S PRETTY COOL.
SIDE B IS I GUESS A NOT-REMIXED SONG CALLED DEAD. IT LIKE ITS SIDE A COUNTERPART IS A GRUELLING SLOG TEMPO-WISE BUT IT IS CLEARLY A SONG. A MELTED SONG. A BOILED DOWN SONG. A DEHYDRATED AND DESPERATE SONG. IT ISN'T A MILLION MILES FROM EARLY SWANS I GUESS. ACRES OF SPACE BETWEEN PUNISHING HITS AND WITS END VOCALS. THIS IS COOL STUFF.
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