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Rating: THE REVIEW
An idea took hold of my mind while listening to "Conqueror," the new work conceived by the genius Justin K. Broadrick.
An idea that can be summarized like this: except for the personal imprint and mechanical/melancholic/depressive post-rock matrix that characterizes Jesu, it is possible to observe the eight tracks as a kind of crossover between My Bloody Valentine and Slowdive, passed through the mixer by Black Sabbath and then left to marinate in the cellars of Godflesh.
Atonal layers of grey and dreamy melody, dilated romanticism, slow (both as Codeine were, and for certain kinships with atmospheric doom), visual (for the ethereal soundscapes constructed), solitary, although firm in its own aware solitude, of an ancient and epic beauty, staggering and alienating, circular and orchestral in its iterative minimalism. All this is clearly manifested in the ten minutes of "Weightless & Horizontal", but let it be clear that the album lives on different and variable sound nuances ("Medicine" is not so distant, even if transposed into a different instrumental context, from the spiritual litanies of OM).
In perpetual mutation, this is the only expressive path known to him.
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Jesu's Conqueror demonstrates Justin K. Broadrick's genius through a unique blend of melancholic post-rock and shoegaze, infused with doom metal influences. The album presents an ethereal, solitary atmosphere enriched by layered melodies and minimalistic repetition. Tracks like "Weightless & Horizontal" highlight the epic and alienating beauty at the album's core. Overall, it is a hypnotic and evolving musical journey.Tracklist Lyrics Videos
01 Conqueror (08:10)
All the colours that we saw they touched us
All the trails that they made we followed
We can be just like all of the others
We have to be just like all of the others
All the spaces they made for us
Are all filled up
And they will deceive us and they will desert us
But all our colours will always be with us
And all our colours they will always be with us
All our colors will always be with us...
02 Old Year (05:46)
Spend your time waiting
All the wasteful hating
Now who are you blaming?
Are we worth saving?
Is this how it's always going to be?
Now you're stuck in our old year
But i believe in the new year
Now who are you blaming?
Are you worth saving?
Is this how it's always going to be?
05 Medicine (07:22)
The medicine is all we need
To keep us away and hidden
We can only see the sunset
We never see the sunrise
In our funny little homes
We're really quite alone
We're just a sitting target
For your superiority
Sunrise
Sunset
The medicine is all we need
Jesu
Jesu is a music project led by English musician Justin K. Broadrick, known for exploring slow, heavy, atmospheric music often described in reviews as a hybrid of post-metal, shoegaze, and ambient rock, emerging after his work with Godflesh and early involvement with Napalm Death.15 Reviews
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