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Originally Posted by Trollheart
Title: Knuckle in the mud
Artiste: Wolves in Sheepskin
Genre: Experimental
Familiarity: I've heard some of Frownland's material
Track 1(Love) Hold on, what is this? This actually sounds like MUSIC! Did I click on the wrong ... no, it's his album all right. This is not at all bad. Quite ambient so far. My only complaint is that it seems to be pretty much the same all the way through, and for a piece that runs for over seventeen minutes I would have expected perhaps a little more variety? |
This track is the main reason I recommended the album to you. Don't expect too much variety when listening to a drone track, but imo this track jumps around a lot.
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Track 2(Love) This has more a kind of jazzy, Waitsy feel with also the idea of being dumped right into the middle of a Twilight Zone episode. Good piano, horns are a little distracting but not too much so, good guitar. Kinda sounds like someone keeps opening a creaky gate?
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No horns or gates, just bass, flute, piano, and my friend's dog also makes an appearance. And of course you think it sounds like Tom Waits
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Track 4(Hate) I wasn't aware Frownie was a muslim, but here he is at morning prayers!
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Huh? I have no idea how you got that connotation from that track, especially since the lyrics are about lesbian sex (if you can make them out).
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Track 7(Hate) ****ing crickets???!!!
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Crickets, yes, but more importantly there are coyotes.
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End result: I thought (hoped) I was finally getting something different from WISK and the first track raised my hopes, but after that it went severely downhill and never recovered. Some people have described this as “relaxing” and “ambient”. While that might apply to the first track, it certainly does not to the rest, and this is not something I would put on to relax or fall asleep to. Sorry Frown but I think that's it for you and I: you can have the kids, I just want the cat. And that cup. And your cowboy hat.
So, Love or Hate? Started off hoping, but it's a clear Hate I'm afraid.
Chances of a full review: 0/10
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Kind of figured that it would end up this way. It makes me wonder how you would receive the album if the tracks were arranged differently. Something like putting all of the relaxing and ambient tracks (ie Caught Between the Gears, Birth of the Emboweler, and Prodding a Pile of Rotten Meat) at the end instead of separating them.
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