The Book Of Knots
Traineater (2006)


Reviewers Opinion:
The first few things that I would like to tell any readers about this album is the same thing that you should assume with any album that is in my member journal: you should be bothering me for an upload right after you read this. If you have already heard it and you don't like it, you should be listening to it again. And finally, if you both have it and love it, then now is a good time to stop for a few seconds and have a moment of silence in which to fully admire it's greatness. In my current opinion, yes, it is straight-up that good.

Unfortunately... my word alone is, most likely, not going to get any of you readers who haven't heard this masterpiece to go through the five minutes of asking for an upload and the five spins it takes (I think) to fully appreciate a work like this. So now, simply because I'm a nice guy who wants to spread the wealth, I'm going to review Traineater. Hopefully my good words will be enough, but if not, your loss. I mean, sorry for being so matter-of-factly with this... I just couldn't understand someone giving this enough time to grow on them and not loving it.

On with the review:
Loosely based on growing up in a depressed steel town, the masterpiece that is the second installment in what will one day be mind-churning trilogy is nothing more then the raw carnation of desperation itself; pure in form as if it had been chemically extracted from the last breathe of a tortuously suffocated man. This affect is not something that is blasted at you from your speakers or over exaggerated by some electronically twisted voice, no, it's amazingly crafted by the likes of brilliant musicianship and realistic perspective.

Moving on with less imagery, I would like for fresh ears to take notice of details and grains; of each string and sound. From the screams of any dizzied guitars or hemorrhaged basses to the weak and shattered cries of utterly hopeless string instruments. Be attentive and let the sounds familiarize, and on the second spin, maybe it's time to try and grasp at what the lyrics are? All at your own time, but keep at it, eventually all the pieces will fit together and articulate song by song a different suffering. There's actually a couple in particular that I think manage to catch the pain of an entire lifetime.

This being my concluding paragraph, I'd like to point out a couple things I did that you may have already noticed. One, I haven't really said much aside from seemingly exaggerating the greatness of an album with tricky essay-writing words. I assure you, oh not easily motivated one, that It's not exaggerated. And two, I didn't say much at all about the group. Most likely you noticed this if you're already in love with the album. My hope is that I don't have to, why write another three paragraphs when I could just write this and inspire anyone who's interested to go look-up The Book Of Knots themselves. Look, smart ass, I know it's cheating but I'll go to whatever length to spread the wealth.



Enjoy you guys and cheers.
Sincerely, Schizotypic.

6/5

Ration: 3/5