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jackhammer · 01-08-2009, 02:47 PM

For Piss Me Off:

Fucked Up - The Chemistry Of Modern Life (2008)

I had this album before it was requested to be reviewed but I had only played it once and was a little nonplussed. Upon another listen it grew a little more. A noisy Punk album produced by Phil Spector would be an apt description for this as it reveals different layers each time you hear it. This is no ordinary Punk album there a couple of ambient instrumentals and the guitar tracks are rumoured to have been layered up to 70 times! There is a lot of Musique Concrete on here too which can be disconcerting at times. When you are expecting a barrage of typical heavy Punk riffs and get something a little more reasoned and measured you are thrown.

It's not a difficult album to listen to it all and that first listen was so- so but as I said, that second listen made me sit up and take notice more. It's definitely an album that will need repeated listens to fully embrace the soundscape and sometimes these are the best albums. 7/10

01-08-2009, 02:47 PM	#49 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	For Piss Me Off: Fucked Up - The Chemistry Of Modern Life (2008) I had this album before it was requested to be reviewed but I had only played it once and was a little nonplussed. Upon another listen it grew a little more. A noisy Punk album produced by Phil Spector would be an apt description for this as it reveals different layers each time you hear it. This is no ordinary Punk album there a couple of ambient instrumentals and the guitar tracks are rumoured to have been layered up to 70 times! There is a lot of Musique Concrete on here too which can be disconcerting at times. When you are expecting a barrage of typical heavy Punk riffs and get something a little more reasoned and measured you are thrown. It's not a difficult album to listen to it all and that first listen was so- so but as I said, that second listen made me sit up and take notice more. It's definitely an album that will need repeated listens to fully embrace the soundscape and sometimes these are the best albums. 7/10 __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”