Oxeneers or the Lion Sleeps...

Former members of Kill Sadie and Botch live up to the expectations of their incredible ep with their awesome debut full-length. Picture a combination of fellow Seattle bands Minus the Bear's math rock precision and Blood Brothers' violent intensity. The pattern is: distorted screamed/spoken/snarled vox singing about stifling domesticity and shitty jobs, windy math guitar, and prominent dark pump-organ. Great combination of interesting melodies and thrashing energy. Definitely worth checking out, I really love this CD. –chopper dave

1-Starts with machine-like percussion, then breaks down into heavy guitar and distorted screamed/spoken lyrics, math-rock guitar and organ
2- FCC(fuck) distorted loopy guitar parts, pump those fists during the balls out chorus
3- more angular guitar and distorted sing/screaming, with a nice head-bouncing rhythm
4- organ instrumental for 1:18
*5- slower and more melodic, ominous and bleak, voice and lyrics are clearer than usual, builds and builds to a nice slow-paced climax
*6- 8:08, mostly a slow instrumental, swells gradually with jangled guitar and very distorted vox, feels slightly experimental with strange guitar fx and noise leaping in and out, but mostly like a brooding improvised jam, fades with repetitive guitar loop
*7- end of last song bleeds into beginning and then explodes abruptly with snare roll, then snarling voice and great math-rock, ends with alternating voices chanting phrases and pounding kick drum
8- odd pump organ melody clashes nicely with thrashing guitar and vocals, chaotic and intense
9- a little varied with different sections
10- 0:57, recorded voice reciting story over minimalist noise
*11- awesome dynamic climax to album, organ-heavy, starts slow but builds beautifully into an agitated mess, ends with 3:17 remaining, fade out here! because you have silence for a couple minutes and then a slow organ melody to end the track