CROCEVIA OR "CROSSROADS" FOR MY NON-ITALIAN SPEAKING READERS RETURNS US TO THIS GUITAR/DRUMS DUO THAT DO SEEM KIND OF AT-ODDS WITH ANY ERA OF LOAD BEFORE OR SINCE. THEY HAVE THE SAME KIND OF STRIPPED-BACK APPROACH AND DIY LIFER MENTALITY FOR SURE. AND I GUESS THERE'S NOT A MILLION MILES BETWEEN A GROUP LIKE OvO AND HOSPITALS (FOR EXAMPLE). I CAN'T PUT MY FINGER ON IT. IS IT THAT OvO SEEM SO VERY...EUROPEAN?
THE DUDE CAN DRUM AND THE BASIC CHORDAL GUITAR SOUND IS CRUSTY AND CONVINCING. IT'S JUST THIS TIME I'M HAVING A LOT OF TROUBLE GOING ON OvO'S JOURNEY. THE SONGS ARE ALL HALF-FORMED AND BASICALLY SAMEY. LAST TIME OUT, YOU MIGHT RECALL, THERE WERE THESE MAD PERFORMANCE INTERLUDES OF OPERATIC INSANITY. THEY'RE NOT HERE AND WHILST I WAS NOT EXACTLY THIRSTING FOR THEM LAST TIME I CAN SEE HOW THEY GIVE A LOT OF SHAPE TO AN OvO RECORD.
DON'T GET ME WRONG, IT ISN'T RATED RANCID AND THERE ARE SOME COOL RIFFS, NICE RAT-A-TAT DRUM SMASHING AND SEGUES BETWEEN SECTIONS. BUT ON THE WHOLE IT FEELS LIKE A DIET VERSION OF THE VARIOUS AMERICAN BANDS IT IS AT THE PARTY WITH.
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