ThirdEye

I've always heard good things about this album, I'll look for it right away!.....regardless of whether it has anything to do with Shackleton or not, the latest from Massive Attack didn't seem bad to me, very unique and different from what they've always done.

Just the other day, while browsing in a bookstore, I came across it.... I was quite intrigued by the title, by what’s written on the flaps, and by the fact that it was in the science fiction section. After reading your review, I'm even more curious.

Your reviews are a rollercoaster! Where can I find the record in question?

@Yan: you are absolutely right. By the way, on Crisi di assenza and Creative Chaos the diatonic harmonica and other unspecified effects can also be heard. @Telespallabob: Decoupage is spectacular, but in my opinion this last one is even more so. If on their second album you could hear the first hints of electronics and the desire to experiment, on Difficult to see you this process is fully developed; the music here is much more personal, they wanted to take risks and that has led to greater originality. With my five, completely subjective, I wanted to justify this.

"...the desire to entice...": hurrah for unintentional wordplay! @Supervai: definitely too kind. Why do you address me formally? Just so you know, we are only a year apart in age, and you are older... actually, she is older, hehehe ;)

The review, to be honest, doesn't convince even me... and I agree with you Matacà, maybe I overdid it a bit in describing the tracks (even though there are some really extensive and at times tedious track by track analyses), and not out of excessive zeal or adherence to one rule or another, but out of sheer and simple desire to encourage listening. I don’t know, maybe I messed up ;) The important thing is that if you're at least halfway interested in this type of sound (alè!) you should listen to this band; I truly believe that in Italy nowadays there are few people who dare so much, being very communicative. Luckily, there's Hal's review (with the related interview)!!!

I didn't know them at all, and out of pure curiosity, I downloaded this album. I've listened to it a couple of times and I find myself agreeing with what Caz says, frankly; at times it feels like listening to a nu-metal record (for better or worse) in terms of sounds, songwriting, and rhythms—just listen to the opening of Worms of the sense, for example. The band that naturally came to mind for me are the early Incubus, especially those from S.C.I.E.N.C.E., but all reinterpreted in a very personal way. In fact, a punk band would dream of a sound like this (and maybe it’s not even their goal...).

Alright, thanks Macaco for the explanation. It seems to me that it was born primarily as an ideological movement against a certain way of understanding the music market (and perhaps not just that...), and then also as a musical genre. Anyway, only people like the great Henry Cow could conceive something like that ;)

Congratulations Macaco for the mention!....sorry for my ignorance, but the genre (if it's a musical genre) "rock in opposition" is something I'm encountering for the first time, could someone clarify it for me? ;)

@Stoney: I believe your argument isn’t pretentious but perhaps somewhat fallacious (and forgive me for saying this). I think the reason the Slayer picked up their instruments is no different from that of anyone else (from the eight-year-old kid to the seasoned musician): the need to express their emotions. Slayer chose heavy metal because this type of music was the best WAY for them to express their worldview (right or wrong, it doesn’t matter)… just as Coltrane found it in jazz, and Dylan in folk, and so on. Back in '86, there were really very few bands that played (and therefore conveyed) such intense and powerful emotions that truly touched the sensitive chords of an entire generation. Then of course there’s also a purely technical-executive aspect, which is equally important (as Cornell pointed out), but in my opinion, that comes later. If Slayer rightfully entered the history of metal, it’s not just because Dave Lombardo played impossible rhythms, but because behind every damn double bass hit there was (and still is) a desire to convey a message! And this message has been fully received by anyone who approached metal or felt the same emotions (and sorry if that’s not enough…). Anyway, I haven’t listened to the new album even though I didn’t dislike Christ Illusion. I apologize for the long and verbose post ;)