Crack Cloud
Red Mile
60--100点相当
SPIN が満点
満点も出ているがそこまでという感じではない。
ただ、派手なキャッチーさはないが、
じわじわくるスルメ的な要素は
最初の段階から感じられるので不思議。
https://www.allmusic.com/album/red-mile-mw0004293970
Canadian art punk collective Crack Cloud are at their most visceral on their fourth album Red Mile. The band grew from being a tool to process addiction issues and recovery for its founding members into a more versatile creative outlet, with albums changing gears between styles and genres from song to song. Red Mile is a hyper-charged record full of nods to the teenage heroes of punk rock and other disparate sources of inspiration. The album consists of just eight songs, but Crack Cloud loads each of them with layers of meaning, reference, and influence. "Blue Kite" is a confluence of synth pop keys, Cure-ish basslines, emotionally burning string arrangements à la early-2000's indie rock like Arcade Fire or the Decemberists, and vocals modeled directly after the Clash. It makes for an interesting combination of somewhat contradictory sounds and methodologies, going from a snotty, unschooled vocal to a moody orchestral string breakdown, then building back up into a cinematic flare-up that would work on an Explosions in the Sky track.
バンクーバーを拠点とするマルチメディア集団
4th