Post by Djevara on Jan 20, 2011 10:45:44 GMT
‘Hear No Evil (The Rising Tide part 2)’ , the six track EP from London hardcore punk/alt-rock band Djevara follows-on from last year’s ‘The Rising Tide (part 1) Corsa Al Ribasso’. Djevara’s sound could be lumped in with the numerous bands trailing in the two-decade long shadow of Rage Against The Machine. Opener ‘The Offer’ is a long, spoken word ramble that begins “We the disconnected reject the offer” and continues ‘blah blah blah run by Coca Cola”. From there it’s pretty predictable, earnest stuff expressing a dislike of capitalism. The aforementioned RATM and many others have been here before.
Second track ‘Most People Most of the Time’ is much better - the best song on the EP. The shouty vocals work very well over the noisy bursts of guitar that break into an excellent and surprisingly catchy chorus. Next track ‘20-20’ has an undulating paranoid bassline underneath weirdly conversational vocals. ‘The Tort of False Light’ is an innovative song that contrasts loud and quiet to great effect. While ‘Waiting For The Cull’ twists around a meandering electronic-sounding guitar melody. At almost eight minutes long it has goes through variations on the same heavy bassline, loud contrasting quiet moments as in the previous track, until it erupts into a noisy climax. It’s not a bad song by any means, but it is a very familiar sound to anyone who has listened to alternative rock and hardcore punk at any time during the last twenty years.
Djevara are clearly a politically progressive bunch, a fact never far from the content of their lyrics. They’ve been around quite a long time now, and although it’s not necessarily a bad thing, they sound like it. The EP closes with ‘The Rising Tide’ (Epilogue), a slower paced acoustic song. It’s a reflective moment that presumably closes the full album-length run of both parts of ‘The Rising Tide’. Overall this EP is a tight, musically competent offering, and whilst the vocals may occasionally irritate, fans of angry underground with a political message will find plenty to like here.
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Second track ‘Most People Most of the Time’ is much better - the best song on the EP. The shouty vocals work very well over the noisy bursts of guitar that break into an excellent and surprisingly catchy chorus. Next track ‘20-20’ has an undulating paranoid bassline underneath weirdly conversational vocals. ‘The Tort of False Light’ is an innovative song that contrasts loud and quiet to great effect. While ‘Waiting For The Cull’ twists around a meandering electronic-sounding guitar melody. At almost eight minutes long it has goes through variations on the same heavy bassline, loud contrasting quiet moments as in the previous track, until it erupts into a noisy climax. It’s not a bad song by any means, but it is a very familiar sound to anyone who has listened to alternative rock and hardcore punk at any time during the last twenty years.
Djevara are clearly a politically progressive bunch, a fact never far from the content of their lyrics. They’ve been around quite a long time now, and although it’s not necessarily a bad thing, they sound like it. The EP closes with ‘The Rising Tide’ (Epilogue), a slower paced acoustic song. It’s a reflective moment that presumably closes the full album-length run of both parts of ‘The Rising Tide’. Overall this EP is a tight, musically competent offering, and whilst the vocals may occasionally irritate, fans of angry underground with a political message will find plenty to like here.
www.live-music-scene.co.uk/cd-reviews-content.asp?id=328