MADRASO - "The Theme of Consequence" CD (diy)
Somewhere between heavy post rock, math rock, and discordant hard rock. It's less techy than most math rock and at times reminds me of JESUS LIZARD or SHELLAC. Nice guitar tones, like SHELLAC, half spoken/sung vocals that are barked at times, and fairly heavy. There is something about the band being noisy yet each individual instrument can be heard in the mix, in particular the bass. Again, that reminds me of SHELLAC.
**1. Driving bass with guitar in the background. Then the guitar player hits his distortion pedal. Discordant guitar and vocals way up front. I don't think the bass player lets up the entire track.
2. Sounds a lot like track 1. The quiet parts seem to fall flat.
3. Starts with just vocals. Slightly arty. Stays somewhat slow and not as heavy.
**4. Big bass. Driving track bordering on pummeling. The track that reminds me most of SHELLAC.
**5. Prominent bass and vocals. The guitar isn't as heavy but more discordant.
**6. FCC (Fuck) Faster. Vocals sound like they are sung through a bullhorn.
**7. More math rock leaning.
Good stuff -mph