Thursday, July 19, 2012

EndAnd - adventures of fi in space

What great rock noise EndAnd, a trio from Brookyln, produce on this album that brings together two earlier EPs. Punk, thrash, grunge, hard psychedelia, heavy rock this has it all, mixed in a lo-fi blender. Its all a tremendous ride, experimental yet accessible.
Lets start with "Far in between", a great alternative rock track, driving grinding guitars a-plenty and a pounding beat and gutsy vocals. "Labor force" is almost funky and jazzy at times but also plenty of guitar thrash too. "So what now" reminds me of some great 90s noise with waves of feedback before ending abruptly like a BOSS!
"Commando" is a more conventional heavy rock track with some great guitar widdly work amid the power verses. "Dawi" is much more experimental with noise effects taking us into a lovely junkyard rock melody. From space rock to skank in just a few seconds.

"Sweet" reminds me of 90s US alternative rock again. Its fault this collection of songs as there is some great stuff here but sometimes it does sound, as it is, a collection of 2 EPs. A full-length album with a unified style would be interesting. Standout is Commando but there are a lot of other highlights too.

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