James Arden checks out the garage rockers latest album.
The Christian rock band from Brighton bring religion to the masses.
Recipe for modern R'n'B album: liberal helpings of guest rappers and an overdose of sexual euphemisms.
Many argue that the band peaked with the release of their sophomore album, Frances the Mute. An album that was convinced as 70 minute long song that was inspired by a band mate who recently died and the interpretations of a journal found in the back of an abandoned car. No doubt that the album was phenomenal, despite the premise, and they only get odder from here.
To all those fans, “who didn’t want us to create the first two albums over and over again.”
With such a successful sophomore album, it was hard to predict what would happen next with this band. However, their follow up, Amputechure, found mixed reviews, mainly because it felt so rushed, released less than a year after Francis the Mute.
In a recent concert in New York City, the band dedicated the show to all those fans “who didn’t want us to create the first two albums over and over again.” In their newest album, The Bedlam in Goliath, the normal formula appears early in the record. Chaotic guitar tracks, wailing trumpets, saxophones, and the signature vocals of Cedric Bixler-Zavala.
In no way is this album put on to set the mood in any situation, unless that mood is one of unbridled chaos. The premise of this album - and the band swears by it - is the answers and random occurrences of a possessed Ouija board they found in an attic, as well as the struggles of certain cultures.
However, what does all this nonsense about chaos and Ouija boards boil down to in the music? Basically, the album features a faster but more diverse line-up than the previous albums. The band took a turn for more of a psychedelically intense album than before. There is no denying that the musical production and composition of the album is brilliant, but whether or not one would enjoy listening is another. For fans of the band, The Bedlam in Goliath is a welcome change from the last album, but for new listeners, this is an album that requires a large leap of faith
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