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Impressions
So I went into a weird bit of winter hibernation from my last to about
now, and in that time, I didn't get any new music from bandcamp. I ended
up putting this review on hold nearly indefinitely until such time as I
was able to sit down, tell everything else in the world to go
intercourse itself and tackle an album review. Four months hasn't
changed how I feel about the album thankfully, which is that the rock
and roll showcased on When Will You Stop will keep your fist
pumping, head nodding/banging with it's twangy bass guitar lead
instrumentals. Octopus! have created a record that fits into the 'I've
been looking out for this kind of rock music since I started reviewing',
joining a scant few bands whose records I can always go back to again
and again regardless of when it is in the year or where I am. There's
something to the different layers coming together (like on Спасибо , тебе, за эти берега)
that I just feel is very optimistic and uplifting in a way that scuzzy
rock music tends not to be. We may all be sweaty and jumping around, but
we're enjoying every damn minute of it while Octopus! do their thing.
The bass on Shark Attack is simply perfection. It's dirty, ladden
with a effects, but it delivers on tongue-in-cheek menace and a sense
of cool that I can just wrap myself up in and wear like armour. The
drumming can go from standard fair, merely keeping the beat (though in
this case, that's no easy task. Things move at a clip) to taking
progressive detour fills (the short interlude on Vulcano, for
instance) when the bass decides to stand down for a few seconds. That
one person is doing all of this is both mighty impressive (my hat is off
to you madame/sir), but also makes a lot of sense. Some of the time
changes being thrown around on here would probably leads to a rip in
space-time if it someone else had to try and keep the rhythm together. I
would occasionally put When Will You Stop? on every now and again over
my time away, and every time I wanted to drop everything and sing its
praises from on wasfeursohr high. Now I finally can, and have. Get this
record.
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