| Mare / Mare |
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| Album: | Mare | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Mare | Added: | Oct 2004 | |
| Label: | Hydra Head | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2004-11-22 | Pull Date: | 2005-01-24 | Charts: | Loud |
| Week Ending: | Jan 23 | Jan 2 | Dec 26 | Dec 19 | Nov 28 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jul 06, 2006: | Cognitive Overload Palaces | 4. | Dec 31, 2004: | Hail To The Past, Move Towards The Future Anisette | |
| 2. | Jan 27, 2005: | Baptism of Solitude (Best of 2004 metal/hardcore/punk) They Sent You | 5. | Dec 21, 2004: | Baptism of Solitude Anisette | |
| 3. | Jan 19, 2005: | The Sun Never Sets on Cool Anisette | 6. | Dec 17, 2004: | SomeOfTheBestOf 2004-First Headsmashin' Goodness They Sent You |
| Album Review |
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| Ragnar of Ravensfjord Reviewed 2005-01-03 | ||
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This is kind of ‘typical’ to be released for Hydra Head but damn is it GOOD! Mare incorporates the well travelled but not THAT well-travelled paths of Isis, Godflesh, Neurosis and Cult Of Luna. So expect some slow & occassionally midtempo full-sounding heaviness yet Mare mixes in some trippy & very mellow etheral vocal parts & jazz + slow-rock influences (Codeine and Slint come to mind most) that just seem to appear out of nowhere ‘ala Maudlin Of The Well. Altogether a really good debut EP. ((((1)))) Slow & occasionally midtempo number. Starts with a slow indie strum (‘ala Codeine or Slint) then glides down the winding path of doomed heaviness with kind of tortured vocals (that are somewhat reminicent of Isis & Converge mixed together). ((((2)))) Pretty ‘lil drone with mumbling vocals that get eventually clear. Very much etheral then it gets into a groovy Godflesh-like vibe (sans Broadrick & co.’s full scale oppressive heaviness) and some nice sparse drumming. (((3))) Very slow Codeine like but with a slight “mumbly guy singing for some jazz band in hell” sound and weird tunings that punctuate the rest of the song. ((((4)))) Off-kilter tuning & strumming ‘ala Sonic Youth then slow intense, brooding heaviness with lots of tortured vocal. Somwhere around Neurosis meets Today Is The Day in slo-mo. ((((5)))) Unlisted & untitled track but it’s actually part 2 of the last track. This is some trippy acapella vocal thing that sounds like some unknown Beach Boys track as if constructed by Ulver and Neurosis. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Anisette | 3. | Tropics | |||
| 2. | They Sent You | 4. | Palaces |