Return of the Lope
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Track:Ergot (Relief)
Genghis Tron has a funny name. But it sort of makes sense. They are some kind of metal horde, yes, but they also have a lot of synths and geekery.
Their latest album is excellent! I would highly recommend it if you are into difficult, spastic, random and epic tracks of synth-metal madness.
BUT... at the end of this album is this track. Not so nerdy, not so outright grind metal either. No, it's more like the slow-moving, loping, epic post-rock RIFF I've been waiting over for YEARS. Yes! While bands like Sigur Ros and Mono kept on getting more and more sentimental and the Montreal crowd kept on getting more and more "out" and poetic (and genuinely, well, post), everyone forgot about the RIFF. For quite some time. Even Mogwai has concentrated on being all low-key (which is nice). Balls-out rocking-out, that's what I'm talking about. Come on, people!
Well, here's a god damn riff. It hits at about the 4-minute mark, and heads into outer space. I love it.
Image of ergot thanks to Wikipedia.
Comments (1)
I'm not terribly fond of their new album. I much preffered their old stuff. I thought Board Up The House was tame, and not at all the same genre of music that they used to play. i liked them better when they were sporatic and sounded more like noise.