Poeticat - Kind Words Soft Kill/Centre Of The Concrete
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| Poeticat - Kind Words Soft Kill/Centre Of The Concrete Square |
Release Date: 28th October
Don't ask me why but when I read
that a band is being supported by the Arts Council it always makes me a little
nervous. It's a similar feeling to when your parents recommend a band or your
school teacher introduces a 'special assembly' with some 'musicians'. Then,
when you read in the press release that this a fusion of spoken word and music,
the death knell of quality is surely upon us. No good can be found here,
surely? Well, as always, I'm willing to give the music a chance to speak for
itself so I plunge in to first track 'Kind Words Soft Kill' which initially sounds
like Kate Nash doing a travel report over some mood music that Tricky knocked
up in one of his calmer moments. As the song progresses the atmosphere becomes
increasingly tense and operatic vocals along with some sinister guitar work all
adds to the building layers of sounds and noises the creep towards a reluctant
crescendo. 'Centre Of The Concrete Square' is more recognisable 'song' if you
like that sort of thing with a mood that is somewhere between System Of A Down
and Atoms For Peace with those distinctive Nash-esque lyrics/prose waging an
ironic class war on the listener. There is nothing that I hate about this music
and I applaud the general originality of the compositions but I just can't
imagine a scenario on any day throughout the year when I might think to myself
"What do I want to listen to right now? I know, I fancy a bit of
Poeticat". Having said that, I can see myself hanging around a tent at a
mid-sized festival with a pint of cider and listening to what they have to say
or play so it's not a total waste of time...
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