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ROCK Tool are the Red Hot Chili Peppers after a six TOOL month sabbatical in Hades. Overly-talented. ALSO RELEASED 10.000 Days overly-clever and overly-ambitious. locked in Various Miso "\‘W’V‘WO’ .... tight as four musos ever could be. they make Mmape i/Uisoi The There’s an episode of Seinfeld where Jerry's spiralling music, which is unpredictable. often first in a limited friend Elaine’s then boss Mr Pitt gets a hold of a ingenious and self-conciously different from edition series of magic eye poster and subsequently spends so much of the mainstream rock they are often comps teatuiing long tied into trying to get the poster to give up associated with. The relentless, dense. tribal artists who have its optical mysteries that he ends up at a board loops they look into are metal only in that the performed at Miso meeting of a water company, dressed not unlike guitars are distorted, but this has as much to do nights in Glasgow debut boasts; a couple Hitler. The new Tool album comes with some with Richie Hawtin. Fela Kuti or Can as it does over the last tew of shrimping guitar pop truly interactive packaging: a pair of stereogram Metallica. For the most part. the songs (are they years. from tolktronit‘ Class“; in [hh shape of lenses are attached to one side of the case and a songs? or are they pieces? They are all between sounds to ‘Su/ie'. ‘Civil Siii' and book of dual images to gaze at, while their 77- six and eleven minutes long ferchrisakes!?!) experimental electro ‘Back Again' all minute trip unfolds. Unlikely to lead to teeter on the right edge of tremendous. even if shakes. See (,~r)riiplete with soaring impersonations of 20th century dictators there are points where they could comfortably ilovemiso com for melodies. which perhaps but enough to drive you to some kind of quit a song six minutes early to no less effect. more info. crescendo into revelation where you're convinced that muscular The spooky atmospherics, studied lyrical Laura McGhee contagious; choruses; tribal prog metal could save your raggedy ass. It verbosity and peculiar image all add to making Green El'BS (J7 ragged riffs. thundering won’t, but being pummelled along through Tool the kind of band to genuinely polarise Records) ECIectic mums and SWOQMHU 10,000 Days means you'll have quite a time opinions. Which you feel was the idea all along. Celtic soul from this keyboards. the entire finding out. (Mark Robertson) celebrated young
Scottish young songwriter. whose songs have been endorsed by everyone from Shane McGowan to Pete Seeger and Ian McCulloch
Zero 7 The Garden (At/antic) Jose Gonzalez and Sia are the speCial guests
offering is a little too repetitive and intermittently weak to merit repeated listening. A helluva lot of fun but ultimately not a hand to truly cherish. Boy Kill Boy singalongs down the indie disco should suffice.
(Camilla Pia)
ROCK here as the trippv ALAMOS ' Alamos twosome turn out (Pet Piranha Records) some more sunny .0. breaks n scul. vaNOus Transgresswe:
Compilation 1 (Transgresswe) The label that brought us Mystery Jets. Bloc Party and the Subways parades its wares thus far.
Isa and the Filthy Tongues Addiction (Blokshok) Debut album of brittle. twanging. inspired rock from this Edinburgh quartet.
Ripped-up punk trio exploding out of the Dundee underground scene With their self- titled debut long player. And while they wear their indie punk influences wrth pride (McLusky. FugaZI. etc). deserves. this French they also display a foursome return With broader palette. yet another strong Opener ‘Polemics' collection of songs on
SOUHdS like a ggfgaF}ENED ' A I" M I ’ Rude' and 'Behave' for this third effort; all shambolic PIXleS. all RABBIT ' "a .- ' ‘ one thingi, which plinks insistent riffs, catchy clanking bass and Sing the Greys ., :f- I d ' ‘ - ' and plonks its; way to choruses. handclaps screamed vocals. the (Hits me Fan) ... % an early death at the 32 and hip-swaying savage ‘Klll Baby KIII' | - ‘ 1' minute mark Less rhythms peppered With has 8 Marilyn Manson That Mark E Smith has ' ‘ 3.. ‘ -‘ ‘ ' scary than it might first magical electronic edge. There is a desire a lot to answer for. The ‘ seem but worth specks. It makes for an for more than carbon Fall's stabbing, Jerky. . _ ‘ breeding over. incredibly lovely listen. copies. fer a debut this melancholic mania is all (Brian Donaldsoni ' ' perfect for
is impresswe stuff and. over this lively, Witty soundtracking sun- while it needs some debut from Glasgow family? Sing the Greys gaEOEN'x guitar bands should not drenched days and fine-tuning. the ragged brothers. Scott and la tribute to John ".8 Never Been be afraid to get funky. guaranteed to raise a harmonies of ‘Modern Grant. Hopefully, Majorism? A paean to Like That espeCially if they can smile. a skip and a hop Design' and the down- neither of them share alien invaSion?l does Mrgm) .... pull it off Phoenix-style. from even the most tuned funk of ‘Lights the grim northerner's eventually come over Despite never quite emo Myspacer.
Out‘ hint at greater temperament: can you as a more seeiable Although it strikes fear reaching the dizzy Occasirrnally danceable things to come. actually imagine two venture (they have into the heart of the heights their sweet and and downright dreamy. (Henry Northmore) Mark E Smiths in one tunes called 'Be Less purest indie soul. white summeny music (Camilla Pia)
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