Soundscape Magazine Issue 11

Page 30

High and low voices sing the

Probably a song that can

The whispered break just

short verse, a precursor to the

only be described as about

before the final chorus gets you

awesome chorus of “Shake

meaningless, especially good is

every time. Classic Exit.

your bad ass, watch yourself,”

the line “Buckle up kids”. 9. My Mouth Is

doing it far better than Groove

Your Mouth

Armada or other dance

7. Sherman Fang

giants, with sinister undertones

A multi-structured epic in

Starting out with less noise than

but awesome power. More

three minutes. Drum focused,

usual, it’s the vocals that really

torturous screaming between

with stick hits that sound like

punch you in the gut on this

the “Come closer” bridge

fingernails and allusions to

track before hitting you again

and a drum accompanied a

spiders – definitely not a

with an instrumental chorus until

capella. Seriously cool.

friendly track, especially when

the pop reignites with the hook

the erratic bridge kicks in with

of “My mouth is your mouth...”

5. Bowie’s Ghost

muffled synth bass, randomly

etc. Another accessible track

An intro of the craziest “la

interspersed with shouts until

if you’re trying to convince

la”s you’ll hear, before

feedback works its way in and

someone a bit unstable to listen

descending into what can

gradually builds to chaos and

to something a bit poppy and

only be described as a insane

lunacy. If you can gradually

a bit deranged.

homage to ‘Starman’ by the

do that. An absolutely crazy

aforementioned recording

track that will take you weeks to

10. Lights Out

artist. Sometimes it’s just better

work out buried deep into the

Re-incarnated in its album form,

to ignore the lyrics and rock out

album. The bizarre outro leaves

Lights Out is even crazier,

however, and that’s definitely

you feeling shocked

pulling out all the stops for the

more than possible with a song

but invigorated.

madness it delivers, the bass even heavier, the vocals even

it’s really hard to comprehend only consists of bass and

8. Chainsaw Song

weirder and the hand claps

drums. It just sounds so much

Back to the familiar. Again

still remain but with the extra

like a thousand guitars!

with more punch and noise

vigour. The outro, as always, is

than the original recording and

there to blast out the crap from

6. Body Joyrider

masterfully crafted into pop

your ears, so enjoy it.

Far less playful than the

madness with double tracked

previous tracks. Full on aggro

vocals accompanied by driving

11. King of the Junkies

in bass, drums, shouts and

bass and skittering melodies

This one starts out unnervingly

screams and franticly

before masterfully introducing

quiet and melancholy in

repeated lines.

the brilliant chorus “I saw, you

comparison to the rest of the

saw, she’s got a chainsaw”.

album. Whispered lyrics and


Issuu converts static files into: digital portfolios, online yearbooks, online catalogs, digital photo albums and more. Sign up and create your flipbook.