Wall of Mouths

I’ve just written a review on amazon, so I thought I’d post it here too…
After the fantastic ‘Crooked Timber’ I was worried that ‘A brief crack of light’ wouldn’t be able to live up to my expectations. It’s a colder album than Crooked Timber, and it takes the more experimental parts of that album and rolls with them, and it works really well. The first track, ‘Living in the shadow of a terrible thing’ is classic Therapy? Heavy riff, tight drums, loud Bass and catchy chorus, a great opener. then we have ‘Plague bell’ a bitter, and very angry in your face tune with dis-chordant moments, and one of my favorites. After that ‘Marlow’ then surprises the hell out of you, a happy sounding, bouncy tune on the surface, it’s mainly an instrumental but after a few listens you start noticing all the subtle nuances, and the shifting drum beats. it’s definately a darker tune that the first listen lets on. ‘Before you, with you, after you’ is somewhere close to ‘classic’ Therapy?. A fast paced opening settles down to an almost spoken word verse over a chugging riff, then a big chorus opens it up. A live favorite i’d reckon. Then we come to ‘The Buzzing’. I think ‘The Buzzing’ fantastic. It goes from being a crazy and ranting tune, that purposely falls to pieces with Andy’s vocals sounding like they’re on a scratched record. A melodic centre then leads back to it being a loud and harsh, albeit with a faster harder drumbeat, then it stops with a single chord followed Neil Cooper playing a dubstep drumbeat to see the song out. Simply awesome. ‘Get you dead hand off my shoulder’ is a cold sounding, quite minimalist tune, harks back to 70s and 80s electro in some ways, definately an album highlight. ‘Ghost trio’ is something I believe Andy Cairns has been wanting to do for years, one single note played on the guitar, and the Bass and Drums do such an excellent job, it takes a few listens to realise it. Brilliant. ‘Why Turbulence’ has an almost sleazy riff, and the most toungue in cheek lyrics on the album “Put me in a minor key - default setting” And once again has some properly excellent Drumming. ‘Stark raving sane’ Is a crazy, fast paced Drum and Bass lead tune which ends just as you’ve think you’ve got a handle on it. Album closer ‘Ecclesiastes’ is a totally different beast altogether, a slow thoughtful, haunting tune that once again seems to have influences with 70s and 80s electro. It will probaly be one of the more devisive tunes on the record, but it does end the album beautifully. ‘A Brief Crack of Light is a damned fine album, and for a band that’s been going for more than 20 years, it makes it all the more impessive. I didn’t plan on a track by track review, but that seems to be what I’ve done. Gary

Sweet! ‘Tis selling nicely then. It deserves to. :)

The problem I’ve always had with korn is that they do far too many collaberations. Their new album is basically a re-mix album. “the future of metal” is what Jonathan Davis is quoted as saying about the path of totallity. Arse. If you want dubstep to be an influence, at least do it yourself, rather than someone else doing it on a laptop. At least Therapy?’s dubstep influences are played by the musicians in the band, and are subtle. It has to be said, I thought crooked Timber was Therapy?s best album, I did’t expect them to top it. But I think they may have.

Weirdly, The Buzzing is one of my favorite tracks. :)

I know it’s a long shot, but how about the ovi store (The slightly crappy nokia one) too? :)

I Think Marlow would be a belter live, there’s so much going on in it. The drums especially.

Plague bell, the buzzing, get your dead hand.. ghost trio, and ecclesiastes are my favourites so far, and as a whole, I can’t fault it at all, it takes you on a wild ride. :)

If you ordered from global before the 23rd of jan, you should have it by now. (depending on your postman)

I just got mine too, and after the first listen… Fucking excellent! Totally different to what’s come before, while still being the band I love. :) Time for the 2nd listen…

Thanks Mikehell!

Hopefully they’re keeping back the other tunes for maybe ABCOL 2! or some mini albums, that’s been suggested as well.

Got it!

hopefully it’s more tracks, though I wouldn’t put it past amazon to be stupid mind.

I’d say it’s more frantic than weird.

I’ve noticed that too, and also there seem to be 2 ‘Living in the shadow of the terrible thing’ singles on amazon.

It’s a crazy song, I like it!

it may not be just a single track, I can’t find it anywhere else yet, so amazon may not have all the info. Therapy? don’t tend to just release 1 song as a single, it always tends to be 3 or 4.

It’s also for pre-order on itunes, with track previews!!!!! It’s going to be fucking Epic!!!!!! :)

The purple vinyl wasn’t on there earlier, tis ordered now though! :)

Yay! I’ve been looking for the last week or so, and now ‘A brief crack of light’ is available for pre-order on their labels website! Sweeeeet!

R.I.P. Keith.
‘High Anxiety’ is definitely ‘stand in line’ with different lyrics, at a different tempo and in a different key. It also proves how different a song can be with different drummers.

I want!

It is, they’d just finished recording HA by the end of it. Jolly good though.

It’s on BBC Iplayer.

still very quiet…I was sorta hoping to have a copy by now. I guess they (or the record company) want to leave a decent gap between this and the awsome live album, incase we get therapy?’d out maybe. Though I don’t think that’s possible, the more releases the better! :)

I think i know what you mean. You can hear all the instruments clearly on both, they are nicely separated on the mix.

I was thinking about it, and i still listen to crooked timber an awful lot, and think that (whisper it) it may actually be therapy?’s best album. Is this just me? :)

seems to have all gone quiet…

Has anyone heard any more news on the new album yet? it’s been over a month since the last snippet of goodness. :)

Nice! the only problem I can see, is that it has got me more exited and impatient! :)