CLOCKCLEANER - AUF WIEDERSEHEN EP (LOAD 130)

A LITERAL TITLE THEN AS CLOCKCLEANER CALLED IT A DAY AFTER THIS DROPPED. I CAN SEE WHY. 2010 SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN THE TIDE TURNING AGAINST NON-POP, NON-ELECTRONIC, NON-IRONY CAPSIZED MUSICS. WHENEVER I SEE SOMETHING RELEASED IN A HEAVY GENRE RELEASED POST 2010 I KIND OF SIGH MELANCHOLICALLY. LIKE WELL DONE FOR FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT BUT ALSO KNOW YOU'RE DOOMED TO IRRELEVANCE. NO ONE WILL COME BACK FOR YOUR CORPSE.

 

FOR AN EP YOU GET PRETTY DECENT VALUE HERE: 24 MINUTES WORTH OF MUSIC. I WOULD HAZARD A GUESS THAT THIS IS AN ABORTED ALBUM. NOTHING FEELS STOPGAP ABOUT IT. IT'S SOLID, WELL-CONSIDERED, LESS SNEERY AND MORE MELODIC THAN THE 2007 ALBUM. GROUPS ON SACRED BONES LIKE SLUG GUTS WOULD KIND OF RUN WITH CLOCKCLEANER'S SOUND, I NOW REALISE. 

NONE OF THESE WOULD LESSEN OR SOUND OUT OF PLACE ON THE LAST RECORD BUT THEY DON'T PARTICULARLY HANG TOGETHER TO MAKE A RECORD QUITE AS GOOD AS THAT. IF YOU LIKE CLOCKCLEANER'S BASIC SOUND THEN YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY CHECK THIS ONE OUT. FARE THEE WELL.