| PROMO MINI-ALBUM REVIEW | |
1. You've Got 7 Weeks |
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| PROMO MINI-ALBUM REVIEW | |
1. You've Got 7 Weeks |
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| Off the back of two incredible demo's
Beecher have produced a mini-album of bewildering quality.
These guys from Manchester have created a microcosm of madness, captured it in a cage of
confusion and written Beecher all over it with an indelible marker pen. Their sound
contains an assortment of styles, some which unashamedly flaunt in front of you, others
that lurk deep down in the dark, only to jump before you briefly before disappearing into
the shade. All sorts of creatures live here, from extreme to exotic, indie to intense
metal, stoner to jazz, and some of them bite. This journey begins floating, spaced out, in an eerie dream of electronics before an immersion in thick glutinous guitar, descending into an awesome fuzzy riff that momentarily creates a structure. With no time to waste with form, fuck that, it's all over the shop and chaos now takes the place of any shape until that riff returns. Not just a pilgrimage to one destination, Megedrive Vs Snes simply sprints into a melee of disorder, with vocals that are deranged beyond redress and a morsel of midsection jamming that throws a lifeline to the moshers. Rise Above Grace continues with ingrained intensity, one minute pushing the message into your face, the next covertly impregnating admiration with the passion of emo. Resention brings jazz-like interjections (not as obvious as Candiria, far more subtle and intermingled), almost session like and never taking over but depositing further layers of interest, layers that are lavish and deep with vocals that dart between mental screeching and harmonised singing, chopped up with wounding guitars. So you think you know where the next trip is taking you(?), as the gentle opening Cave-In-esque guitar breaks into more noisecore chaos. But don't you believe it, because then the real magic occurs. Unannounced from deep within the utter commotion of Artistic Roll Call appears a fucking thick, Sabbathy riff, with fuzzy stoner contours that reaches deep down your throat and pulls your insides onto the floor. It's simply goose bump producing! The journey ends with more mixed up messages of shouty irrationality, Circus De Lobos and KAR120C which make sure your going to remember the name of Beecher. With this album, they have shown that they are up there with any of their overseas contemporaries, blazing a pathway for fresh, invigorating and original music in the UK. This is one for anyone who enjoys powerful guitar based music, but needs something a little less nu and something far more inventive. Highly recommended. |
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| Rigsby (27th April, 2002) www.iwillbeheard.co.uk |
Band Website: www.beecher-online.com Band email: |
