An interesting failure – 85%
harvestman, January 17th, 2007
Ihave to come out in defense of this CD. Far from being an attempt at nu-metal commercialism, it is probably the boldest experiment in Sadist’s career. It is certainly their most subversive, and fits in very well with the rest of their unpredictable material. They must have known that they would offend a huge portion of their fan-base with this stuff, but they went ahead and did it anyway. If you are open-minded enough, though, and actually play this CD for more than 3 minutes, it will reward you. As with all Sadist albums, it ends up being an interesting failure– the odd mixture of styles and tones doesn’t always come together completely, but the music always holds my attention. There are all kinds of little details in there. On first listen, the music may sound like a heavy and insipid form of pop– the riffs are often simple and short, and the arrangements aren’t overly compicated. But the music is obviously the work of skilled musicians with a huge knowledge of music. The elements which on first listen sound like mainstream pop and rock actually turn out to be pretty obscure and strange the closer you listen. There are many unidentifiable and weird musical styles in there. The major stumbling block for many people may be the vocals, which have a moaning, almost self-pitying quality to them. I have come to like them for their quirkiness, but many people may find them downright irritating. My favorite Sadist album is probably “Crust,” their most interesting failure, but “Lego” comes in a close second.
rafazardly 