“engine_down”
Engine Down
Under the Pretense of Present Tense
Lovitt
Taut guitar outbursts and hardcore energy is tempered by moments of fluid songcraft and innovation, belying a more mature approach than just scratch and attack. Quiet strums and sung vocals are used equally amongst the screams and frantic guitars, ignoring the cliché’ quiet/loud dynamic in favor of patient building, surging and breaking out as need be. Nice textures are further added by way of cello and vibraphone.
I had heard a lot of great things about this band and had expected a lot of great things knowing there were ex-Sleepytime Trio people involved, but truthfully I had no idea they were this amazing. Fucking brilliant. Really.
Lovitt Records, P.O. Box 248, Arlington, VA 22210; http://www.lovitt.com
