THE USA IS A MONSTER - SUNSET AT THE END OF THE INDUSTRIAL AGE (LOAD 084)

THERE IS NO LOAD 083. DUNNO WHY. I'LL BE COVERING ONE OF THESE 'UNASSIGNED' NUMBERS LATER IN THE BLOG AS I HAVE INSIGHT ON WHY IT WAS 'UNASSIGNED'. BUT ONWARD.

A QUICK TURNAROUND FOR THE THIRD USAISAMONSTER RECORD ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THEIR LAST ONE WAS A SOLID HOUR PLUS OF MUSIC THAT TOOK QUITE A BIT OF WRITING (IE THIS WASN'T A HOSPITALS RECORD WHERE THEY IMPROVVED A GOOD 50% OF IT). SUNSET IS OF THE SAME APPROXIMATE MIND AS WOHAW BUT I THINK IT FEELS A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A CELEBRATION OF ENVIRO/NATIVIST THEMES RATHER THAN USING THEM AS A JUMPING-OFF POINT FOR CRITICISM.

 

WHILST THERE ARE SOME SHORT FORAYS INTO BIG + LOUD I THINK THIS RELAXED MODE SUITS THEM MORE THAN MOST WOULD CARE TO ACCEPT. EVEN IN THE MORE ANTIC SECTIONS OF THE 13 MIN PROG SUITE THAT MAKES UP THE TITLE TRACK I SENSE THIS BROAD PULSING CALM THAT EMINATES FROM THEIR PLAYING: IT COMES THROUGH THEM RATHER THAN THEM LABOURING TO PRODUCE IT. SERENITY NOW.

DUNNO IF YOU KNOW THE GROUP VOLCANO! BUT THEY SORT OF REMIND ME OF THEIR COUNTRIFIED BROTHERS IN MANY RESPECTS: INTELLIGENT AND RESTLESS OF MIND. BOTH CAPABLE OF WRITING BIG BANGERS AND FULFILLING FULL-LENGTH RECORDS. 'VOICES TO BE HEARD' IS A GREAT TUNE. 'OKEEPA CEREMONY' TOO. THIS IS PROBABLY BETTER THAN WOHAW BECAUSE OF THE ADDED VARIETY AND GENERALLY MORE AT-PEACE VIBE.

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