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Band: Raspberry Bulbs
Album: Privacy
Release date: November 2014


01. Lionhead
02. II
03. Light Surrounds Me
04. IV
05. How the Strings Are Pulled
06. Nail Biting
07. VII
08. Finger Bones
09. IX
10. Behind the Glass
11. XI
12. Hopelessly Alive
13. XIII
14. Big Grin

Raspberry Bulbs makes blackish punk that's deserving of the title "Primitive." Like, straight from the viscera Primitive; the kind of Primitive bands constantly aim for and most come up short on. The disputable genre tags for them seem like they just get in the way of that fact. This is some angry, raw stuff and that should be enough in way of describing what it is they do.

Yeah, I can see how, say, the fact that they put out from-the-garage sounding albums with pink covers, and how they have some short-hairs in their ranks and have been covered by a website called Brooklyn Vegan might put a large chunk of metal fans off, but the bottom line is that they don't suck. Not at all. Just like the other band their frontman Marco del Rio is in, the black metal act Bone Awl, they totally, really don't suck.

Just in case you're hesitant to give it a shot though, since, you know, the cover's pink, and pink is, you know, vaginal and therefore homosexual, here's a rough outline of what to expect: They take riffs that seem like they might be Euronymous or Nocturno Culto-informed and bang and twang them out like they're in MC5 or The Gories; the slightly minimalist (and excellent) drumming pounds out most of the impetus for most of the tracks; the tortured and anomic-sounding vocals, blanketed by the former two, holler distortedly through from the back of the mix creating hella atmosphere and stuff.

It's a stripped-down, no-frills kind of thing, just like their previous releases, but it never feels bland or barren because of it. And unlike on their previous two, they sound tighter here, and in a way that doesn't spoil the instinct-based, no-horseplay slop they're known for. There was a bit of a monotony factor to Deformed Worship that was addressed for this too, mostly thanks to the addition of the ambient, electronic Roman numeral tracks (think slightly less eerie and slightly less tedious Burzum interludes).

They didn't allow any room for stagnation on this and it's hard to imagine anyone getting bored by it in turn. It feels like a "serious" kind of thing through and through (maybe excluding the bass-line on "Big Grin"), but it's never not fun.





Written on 29.11.2014 by Wormdrink's real name is George and he's an American.


Comments

Comments: 6   Visited by: 59 users
29.11.2014 - 02:02
Bad English
Tage Westerlund
I did not get what genre is this band playing?
I want to update band profile whit the genre
MA lists BM/punk ?
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29.11.2014 - 02:04
Rating: 8
wormdrink414

Written by Bad English on 29.11.2014 at 02:02

I did not get what genre is this band playing?
I want to update band profile whit the genre
MA lists BM/punk ?

Yeah, that's probably closest to it
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29.11.2014 - 02:15
Bad English
Tage Westerlund
Written by wormdrink414 on 29.11.2014 at 02:04

Written by Bad English on 29.11.2014 at 02:02

I did not get what genre is this band playing?
I want to update band profile whit the genre
MA lists BM/punk ?

Yeah, that's probably closest to it


then its ok if I update ?
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Life is to short for LOVE, there is many great things to do online !!!

Stormtroopers of Death - ''Speak English or Die''
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I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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29.11.2014 - 02:21
Rating: 8
wormdrink414

Written by Bad English on 29.11.2014 at 02:15

then its ok if I update ?

Yeah, of course
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29.11.2014 - 02:26
Bad English
Tage Westerlund
Written by wormdrink414 on 29.11.2014 at 02:21

Written by Bad English on 29.11.2014 at 02:15

then its ok if I update ?

Yeah, of course


done, rest info is up to you ... I hate those bands what hardly ever go and give updates, only source is MA and go and figure MA how % is it true 10-20
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29.11.2014 - 03:39
Ilham
Giant robot
Yeah okay I heard of this yesterday, and even if there are big chances I won't like it, I just can't pass an opportunity to find nice crusty bm.
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