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I came upon this album because of the bands connections to Mogwai, they are on the Rock Action label, and the 'singer' appeared on the last Mogwai album, but my first impressions of this album were not great.
The music was/is beautiful in places, the quiet/loud dynamic is used well, and you can feel the tension and empathy between the various instruments.
On first listen of the first track things were going well, the music was building, the vocalist was murmuring something in Japanese, I knew an explosion was coming, but as the band hit top gear the singer starts screaming, and this is how itmore… went for the next 8 or so minutes of the first song. Fine, I thought, very Slint, very Mogwai. Nice use of the soft/harsh dynamic, but then it happened again across the 2nd, 3rd and 4th tracks. During the quiet phases murmuring, during the loud phases barking. It was getting a little tedious.
My initial thought was to eject and reject the cd there and then, but as I lay there the 5th track started to unwind, the same lulling build up to blue-white explosions of guitar, drums and screaming voice. Across the 15 minutes of this track I started to see the beauty of the inevitability of this music. It appeared to me that the 'singer' was using his voice as an instrument, not in the Liz Fraser/Jeff Buckley way, but in a more primal way.
I then listened to the cd all the way through, and put it on repeat for a few more listens. Each time I knew what was coming, each time I saw the slow build up, and welcomed the violent wave of noise and screaming as it crashed upon me.
Now this album is one of my current favourites.
It's not up there with Spiderland or Young Team, but it is good. I suggest you track down a copy.

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Envy - Insomniac Doze (2006) Retail CD

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