Post by Djevara on Feb 26, 2011 14:24:58 GMT
After getting the press pack for this one I have to say I was a bit eager to place this in the machine and give it a go, seems Djevara are not just a band but take a place at the top of the London underground alternative/hardcore movement.
To further compound things the bassist is a published poet, artist and spoken word performer - must have been his rant that opened the first track!!! Reminded me of some of the stuff Joolz and New Model Army did through the Eighties, before the music kicked in and we got a nice mix of Fugazi and Rage Against the Machine (nice opening).
As you carry on reading you are told they also run something called The Low Fidelity Disconnect Project, a North London arts/music project, plus a community music project in Kent; my only question is with all this going on can they produce a focussed, hardcore influenced sound as stated on the tin? I have to say personally the hardcore influence leans more towards the New Model Army style rants, but with heavier guitar. It has, to me, a foot in hardcore, a foot in punk, a foot in spoken word and straight away you think Black Flag - not quite; no Henry Rollins vitriol you see. I'm really not sure about this one, first listen was okay, second was yeah I like this, third was back to being okay; I wondered what would it be like live and that decided it - it doesn't quite cut it and I can't quite picture how the crowd would take it.
Even after me saying all that I would recommend you give this a listen, the ethos is there and any band doing the work within the community do deserve a listen.
Reviewer: New Brooks
Online link: www.uberrock.co.uk/cd-reviews/22-february-cd/2048-djevara-the-rising-tide-part-2-hear-no-evil-genin-records.html
To further compound things the bassist is a published poet, artist and spoken word performer - must have been his rant that opened the first track!!! Reminded me of some of the stuff Joolz and New Model Army did through the Eighties, before the music kicked in and we got a nice mix of Fugazi and Rage Against the Machine (nice opening).
As you carry on reading you are told they also run something called The Low Fidelity Disconnect Project, a North London arts/music project, plus a community music project in Kent; my only question is with all this going on can they produce a focussed, hardcore influenced sound as stated on the tin? I have to say personally the hardcore influence leans more towards the New Model Army style rants, but with heavier guitar. It has, to me, a foot in hardcore, a foot in punk, a foot in spoken word and straight away you think Black Flag - not quite; no Henry Rollins vitriol you see. I'm really not sure about this one, first listen was okay, second was yeah I like this, third was back to being okay; I wondered what would it be like live and that decided it - it doesn't quite cut it and I can't quite picture how the crowd would take it.
Even after me saying all that I would recommend you give this a listen, the ethos is there and any band doing the work within the community do deserve a listen.
Reviewer: New Brooks
Online link: www.uberrock.co.uk/cd-reviews/22-february-cd/2048-djevara-the-rising-tide-part-2-hear-no-evil-genin-records.html