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22 December 2023
Not even a year after the release of their last LP, End Transmission, Snapcase is back to wreck heads and mince eardrums with Bright Flashes (Victory Records).
This latest album is a combination of leftover songs and remixes from the End Transmission recordings. Of course, just the word "leftover" brings to mind visions of Tupperware-entombed dark meat from your Thanksgiving turkey. And you can't help but think, "Oh, these must be the songs that sucked, but they didn't want to just throw them away."
Praise be to Zeus, Bright Flashes is moldy-fridge-fodder free. Instead, it brims over with cuts so fresh, you'd swear they came off the bird the minute it was pulled from the oven. The "leftovers" only further the themes of tracks from End Transmission, stressing the need for human awareness and original thought in world of mass consumption and near-totalitarian control. The remixed tracks are a fine example of how the studio can quickly become a laboratory, where musicians meld old bodies together and harness natural forces to bring about a whole new life form.
And, on top of all that, Bright Flashes also features a few cover tunes. That's right-- cover tunes. Snapcase sat down and ground out their own versions of Jane's Addiction's Mountain Song, Helmet's Blacktop, and Devo's Freedom of Choice and Gates Of Steel in an homage to bands whose artistic integrity has inspired their own.
All in all, this album reminds me of People Under The Stairs' ,..Or Stay Tuned, in that it's more of a special LP than it is an EP or remix record. All the lyrical intensity of Snapcase's previous work is there, along with their ever-evolving, pissed-off-tyrannosaurus-sized sound. For more, go to snapcase.com.
THEN CLICK HERE TO READ OUR REVIEW OF END TRANSMISSION.
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This latest album is a combination of leftover songs and remixes from the End Transmission recordings. Of course, just the word "leftover" brings to mind visions of Tupperware-entombed dark meat from your Thanksgiving turkey. And you can't help but think, "Oh, these must be the songs that sucked, but they didn't want to just throw them away."
Praise be to Zeus, Bright Flashes is moldy-fridge-fodder free. Instead, it brims over with cuts so fresh, you'd swear they came off the bird the minute it was pulled from the oven. The "leftovers" only further the themes of tracks from End Transmission, stressing the need for human awareness and original thought in world of mass consumption and near-totalitarian control. The remixed tracks are a fine example of how the studio can quickly become a laboratory, where musicians meld old bodies together and harness natural forces to bring about a whole new life form.
And, on top of all that, Bright Flashes also features a few cover tunes. That's right-- cover tunes. Snapcase sat down and ground out their own versions of Jane's Addiction's Mountain Song, Helmet's Blacktop, and Devo's Freedom of Choice and Gates Of Steel in an homage to bands whose artistic integrity has inspired their own.
All in all, this album reminds me of People Under The Stairs' ,..Or Stay Tuned, in that it's more of a special LP than it is an EP or remix record. All the lyrical intensity of Snapcase's previous work is there, along with their ever-evolving, pissed-off-tyrannosaurus-sized sound. For more, go to snapcase.com.
THEN CLICK HERE TO READ OUR REVIEW OF END TRANSMISSION.
PURCHASE THIS OR SIMILAR ITEMS
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1905
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issue
vol 6 - issue 04 (dec 2003)
section
entertainmental