I forgot one!
In my list of new stuff that will probably rock, I completely whiffed on one huge release, now out, that I am going to grab ASAP: Shrinebuilder. This is about as super as a supergroup gets, for doom metal fans, with members of bands like St. Vitus, The Melvins, Neurosis and Sleep. I don’t even count myself as a huge doom metal fan, but from hearing the one track that’s up on the group’s Myspace page, I think I’m going to really like this.
I was reminded by a review by Brent Burton that appeared in this week’s Washington City Paper. Thanks, Brent.
Speaking of which, I’ll have a review of the new Do Make Say Think in next week’s City Paper… let’s just say my impressions of it changed pretty drastically after I had more than one cursory listen.
UPDATE: Here’s the DMST review.
Tags: Al Cisneros, Brent Burton, Do Make Say Think, Melvins, Neurosis, Om, Shrinebuilder, Sleep, Wino
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:18 am
“let’s just say my impressions of it changed pretty drastically after I had more than one cursory listen.”
Ouch!
I’ve had one listen so far and I thought it was pretty nice.
October 23rd, 2009 at 9:47 am
I think “pretty nice” sums it up well for me. It’s definitely got its moments (especially in “Say”), but my expectations are really high for these guys and I found it a bit of a letdown.