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Neurosis: "A Sun That Never Sets" |
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I saw Neurosis several years ago with Final
Conflict. Their attention to creepy atmospherics
was still intact then, but the soundman wasn't
quite able to capture any of it, and the Oakland
quartet was simply heavy, slow, and very loud.
A Sun That Never Sets establishes a murky, yet spacious,
sepulchral mood. Picture, say, The Black Heart
Procession covering Black Sabbath, or even early
Swans. With keyboards, but not ones that simply
follow the guitars, or plink along happily in the
back of the song.
With Steve Albini (PJ Harvey, Nirvana) giving it
his very Steve
production style yet again,
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you're certain that
A Sun That Never Sets would be unique even if it was because
Neurosis had suddenly gone country. Overall all
this is a bigger sounding record than 1999's
Times of Grace
The vocals were the only thing that I thought
that was lacking somewhat. Both singers are good,
mind you (guitarist Scott Kelly, and bassist
Steve Von Till), they just seem to overdo it
occasionally. Beyond excellent instrumentally
though. Very imaginative, and not just dirgey for
the sake of sheer heaviness. Much, much better
than I can remember them sounding live.
By Jason Thornberry, CanEHdian.com
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