| Chromatic Black / Chromatic Black |
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| Album: | Chromatic Black | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Chromatic Black | Added: | Feb 2011 | |
| Label: | Ok! Good Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2011-09-11 | Pull Date: | 2011-11-13 |
| Week Ending: | Nov 6 | Oct 16 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Nov 05, 2011: | European Musings Night Time | 2. | Oct 09, 2011: | Aural Surgery Stay On Holiday |
| Album Review |
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| Rob Huffman Reviewed 2011-08-30 | ||
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Note: Only 07, 08 & 09 are FCC clean! Neo-70s punk a la Rancid (but w/ an 80s hard rock touch—these Germans are a wee bit silly, party-oriented). Expect shouted vocals (w/ exceptions where noted), anthemic choruses w/ the whole band shouting, in your face guitars (although occasionally clean or twangy), picked distorted bass, straightforward, upbeat bashed drums. As a whole, the album gets a bit monotonous. Best tracks: 02 (not clean), 07, 08 01 Scream And Shout (3:15): fits above description 02 Alright (Cos Nothing Is Alright) (3:35): tribal drums, very riffy, vox use affectation, is that a sitar? –this is a “safe harbor” hit! 03 Do You Wanna (3:37): starts w/ electronic drums, heavy bass, rung-out gtrs, a little more mid-tempo, but the choruses are rowdy 04 Under Pressure (3:01): more sitar, tribal drums, vox are deep/ resonate; slower stop/go versus, then typical rocking verse 05 Human Animals (3:24): staccato rhythm, very silly vox 06 Asshole In The Mirror (2:46): 3-chord verse, anthemic chorus 07 Stay On Holiday (2:51): 2-chord verse, anthemic chorus 08 Night Time (3:45): cowbell, funky bass, countryesque drums a la “Ballroom Blitz” 09 Cos We Are All Spiders Caught In Our Own Web (3:53): starts w/ clean gtr, vox w/ affectation this time a la Alice Cooper; driving chorus 10 Too Primitive For Intelligence (2:55): typical Chromatic BLaCK; lots of effects on the gtrs—very wet 11 No Reason (3:37): mid-tempo, riffy; all the sudden they’re political | ||
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