| CD REVIEW Electric Red |
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Band : Electric Red Formed in 2008 they have played with the likes of Taint & The Slomatics, so it is not surprising that Electric Red’s sound is not too different from Taint and The Slomatics if a bit more Dischord and straight forward and less sludgy. Electric Red’s impressive heavy attack greets you right at the start of In This Machine. The Tool meets Baroness meets Fugazi meets Part Chimp songwriting is strong and very aggressive and the band focuses entirely on just making down to earth music. The first couple of tracks sound particularly fresh and vivid and can inspire the listener to jump around just for the sake of it, but by album's end, there is a bit of a lag as the material rushes together a bit much but along the way, the listener will get kicked in the face with some truly good songs like "Wasted days” and “Isolational”. So the rest of the album gets a little repetitious and doesn't quite manage to raise the same level of enthusiasm anymore. Also, depending on your taste, the vocal tone can grow a bit tiresome after a while. Despite its faults Belfast’s Electric Red show a lot of promise and the most important thing is that the band put enough of effort into their music to make it sound fairly interesting, even fresh at times, which is a lot more than can be usually said. A groundbreaking or even particularly memorable release In This Machine is not, but it surely deserves a closer look. 87/100 Cosmicmasseur. |