Collapse Under The Empire - Shoulders & Giants - review
Collapse Under The Empire - Shoulders & Giants - review
Tracklist
01. Shoulders02. Giants
03. There's No sky
04. The Last Reminder
05. The Sky Is The Limit
06. Disclosure
07. After The Thaw
08. Days Of Freezing
09. Incident
10. A Riot Of Emotion
A review by
wormdrink414 January 31, 2012
Nevertheless, this is post; amidst all of the beauty and gentle bleeps and bloops of the electronics, there are a number of anxiety-fueled, metal-style crescendos strewn in throughout. And, honestly they're probably the only thing that truly keeps tracks on this from feeling stagnant. It just happens that they don't really do anything for me. They burst and pop, but never really land a solid punch. They have a weakness to them that might seem suiting within the bigger picture, I guess, but that's also slightly disappointing.
Then again, if anything, that points more to what CUTE do well than to what they do poorly. Shoulders & Giants is almost exclusively about build-ups. Rather than relying on the shock and awe of its explosive moments, this derives nearly all of its power from the journey toward the distortion, rather than the distortion itself. It's not really about the emotion-hopping, in the end?it's about the preparation for the emotion hopping beforehand.
True, most of the tracks do end up melting into the same sonic blob as the others, but the sonic blob here is a pleasant one. The electronics add a glittering quality to what CUTE do, juxtaposing nicely over the barren, deserted quality of the ol' analogs, giving Shoulders a more colorful and fantastical feel than many of their contemporaries in the post genres. Something that makes Shoulders & Giants stick out over those SSDD post discs that old man Bitter's been pointing out lately.
Written on 31.01.2012 by
Written on 31.01.2012 by
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Sounds very interesting with the electronic element, might give this a go. And I like that cover art, you make it sound as if it fits the music well. heh, CUTE
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These guys finally were featured on MS, sweet. Actually the first thing you find by doing a search for "post rock" on youtube is a song of theirs. This record is a sounds beautiful, and so is the cover.
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This sounds like something I would enjoy.
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Staff will probably hate me for this, but... If this band is included, why no love for Mogwai? Mogwai's own myspace does say: Metal / Psychedelic / Rock. (Not suggesting this alone is proof of a band's metalness) But check out obvious metal sound in the tracks; We're No Here / Glasgow Mega Snake.
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Posts: 389 Written by neonxaos on 31.01.2012 at 22:25 I was more aiming for Mogwai being metallic sounding enough to be featured on this site (Well at least hoping staff thinks so), especially when C.U.T.E are featured. Apart from that, both bands are excellent 
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Posts: 9579 Written by malaikat on 31.01.2012 at 11:37 Actually I'll pass on this, I'm not a fan of electronic elements in music, nor am I really a fan of post-rock.
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This is really nice (or should I say CUTE?). The first thing I did after reading the review was searching them on youtube, and my first impression was "I must have this". Very interesting album, and nice review btw.
---- It is humanity who must pay homage to the greatness of the Universe... not the Universe to the human narcissism. 
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Nice job explaining what makes this stand out over the rest of the bands in this over-saturated genre!
---- rekt
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