Woebot
Well-known member
Just picked up "Super AR" this weekend. The Boredoms cult has been something I'd wanted to investigate for a while, descriptions of "Seadrum" tickled my fancy, it sounded like their ass might have thawed a tad. My initial feeling about them, without having listened to their music, going purely on the descriptions of what theyre up to (typical Japanese re-exploration/radicalisation of seventies hard rock/prog rock) was one of......er......boredom.
Its the samo thing. What on earth could lead anyone to think this was a worthwhile avenue to explore? (profuse apologies to jwd and jimbackhausen)
First half of "Super AR" left me with the comforting feeling of having been right all along (titter) but tracks 5 and 6 began to convince, some post-Can rhythmic panache in there which plugs it into the PresentFuture (why are these Japanese bands so hung up on feedback? so dumb to riddim?) and then, well, i had to concede, things were moving along pretty righteously.
About the best thing I could say about The Boredoms, and this is a straight-up bonafide compliment, is that when they do their vocals, either as solo voices or inna ensemble choral fashion, theres never even a smidgen of fake cosmic atonement about the way they deliver their very "holy" phrases. Thats extremely cool.
Its the samo thing. What on earth could lead anyone to think this was a worthwhile avenue to explore? (profuse apologies to jwd and jimbackhausen)
First half of "Super AR" left me with the comforting feeling of having been right all along (titter) but tracks 5 and 6 began to convince, some post-Can rhythmic panache in there which plugs it into the PresentFuture (why are these Japanese bands so hung up on feedback? so dumb to riddim?) and then, well, i had to concede, things were moving along pretty righteously.
About the best thing I could say about The Boredoms, and this is a straight-up bonafide compliment, is that when they do their vocals, either as solo voices or inna ensemble choral fashion, theres never even a smidgen of fake cosmic atonement about the way they deliver their very "holy" phrases. Thats extremely cool.