My review of the new Agoraphobic Nosebleed
…is now over at the Washington City Paper, print version out tomorrow. I liked the album. Some of the diehard grindcore freaks on the Internets are already all pissed off because Agorapocalypse isn’t, well, pissed-off enough, but I have a feeling they’ll be in the minority. It’s a good record.
Things that didn’t make that review due to a pretty strict word limit:
- The album starts off all thrashy and grindy, but then seems to slow down as a whole by track 5.
- “Question of Integrity” ends with a drum solo, which is implicitly hilarious since all the drums on the album are programmed.
- Those programmed drums sound really good. In the past they clearly didn’t sound real, although that wasn’t really a problem since it almost seemed intentional (after all the band was going for unrealistic bpm heights).
- Kat’s vocals fucking slay. I think her voice might annoy some of the old fans, but as a fan coming from as much a death metal as a grindcore background, I love what she adds to ANb’s sound.
- “Moral Distortion” ends with the quote, “My National Enquirer says that musicians cannot play a single note unless they eat drugs first!” Which I just find really hilarious for some reason.
That’s all. Fun album. Out next Tuesday, and the vinyl version contains a bonus track apparently.