Music Review : Lightning Bolt – Fantasy Empire (2015, Thrill Jockey)
The noise
rock duo of Lightning Bolt has done it again for a seventh time with their new
album Fantasy Empire.
Playing with
high intensity and fast tempos it is at first almost exhausting to listen to
their music. With the subsequent listening, Fantasy Empire rises to another level and becomes more than just
noise rock played with by ADD kids. It makes a coherent piece that elevates
noise and rock together to a form that is not only an interesting experiment.
The drums of
Brian Chippendale are fast and omnipresent as their snare kick are fulfilling
the space and time of every song. On the other side, Brian Gibson’s bass guitar
is heavy and crunchy. Chippendale’s vocals are tortuous and have an urgency few
rock vocalists have achieved before.
Fantasy Empire is one of the very good albums of the
year since 2015 might be the year of noise as the rising genre of the year.
Since last year was stoner the noise element is a logical evolution of music.
7.9
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