Toner Low - II - review
Toner Low - II - review
Tracklist
01. One02. Two
03. Five
04. Three
A review by
Lucas July 08, 2009
An hour long stoner droner fest usually sounds like a pretty neat idea to me, but unfortunately, "Toner Low II" doesn't really deliver. Simply put, it's pretty boring. It just drones and drones and drones some more, but doesn't really go anywhere. It fails to grab me by the balls with a slow, brooding crescendo simply because there is no slow, brooding crescendo. Hell, there isn't even a decrescendo on this release. There's only the repeat repeat repeat of their heavy crunchy sound, without the hypnosis or atmosphere that separates the genius from the lame. Okay, every once in a while the band slightly drifts off into the territory of the highly underrated and overlooked Hyatari - and with that really spikes my interest - but the Dutch threesome never comes close to the greatness of said Hyatari on any of those occasions.
Perhaps I need the aforementioned ganja, but hey, I don't do that shit. Music should be good on its own and drugs should only be an enhancement, and sadly, that is not the case here. Although the band has it's moments, in the long run this release is pretty unconvincing.
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 7 |
| Songwriting: | 5 |
| Originality: | 5 |
| Production: | 6 |
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So this album gets a FAIL tag?
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@Lucas, since when don't you do ganja anymore? 
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 
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Posts: 13427 Written by Dane Train on 08.07.2009 at 22:58 Well perhaps if you can handle more repetition than I can (though I like to think I'm pretty trained) than perhaps you can find enough good moments in this.
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Thanks for the advice- had been vaguely considering looking into this, so i'll bump it down the priority list accordingly.
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I think I saw this band live some time ago and they didn't leave an impression on me at all.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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Hey the review is so harsh on them I can barely believe this deserves a 6 (that means average).
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Posts: 13427 Written by Elio on 10.07.2009 at 00:30 Well, it's always hard to match the right tone with the right rating. Anyway, let me try to explain my rating a little. The actual album is, while overly repetitive, not really bad. It's just wayyy too long. And the odd Hyatari-reminiscent moment is quite cool. I really dig Hyatari. Musicianship and production aren't bad either. There's a lot worse and a lot better out there, you know?
---- SLUDGE. DOOM. DEATH. Wait, what? "The reason I'm running for president is because I can't be Bruce Springsteen." - Barack Obama
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Posts: 4920 Written by Lucas on 10.07.2009 at 01:52 Uh well, from the review I got almost only negative things. It's ok though 
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