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235 are an incredibly difficult band to describe, the one
word that comes to closest is mercurial - their sound is
fluid, unpredictable and impossible to pin down.
Everything goes into the mix; growling Korn-esque hard
rock; Type O Neg-style brooding Goth metal; NIN-style
electronics; KLF type danciness; Placebo-like foppish pop-Goth
and early '80s camp electro. Each element is twisted,
turned and mixed together to create a sound that is
always dancey, often aggressive, very powerful and
intense, at times melodic and poppy and always enjoyable.
The stand-out track is 'Stimulation', an industrial-dance track that is so poppy, yet powerful that, if it doesn't have you dancing, well, you're dead. In short, it's probably the best alternative dance track EVER!! 'God Thing' is heavier, a hard-edged industrial-dance track with a powerhouse vocal performance that thankfully avoids falling into the boring grindcore vocals trap. 'Creator' and 'Walk On Through' are both kick-ass dancey tracks, while 'Drown' is slower and more moody. Unfortunately, they do spoil a perfect curve with 'Uranium 235', which errs a bit too much on the metal side and sounds like a Korn remix, 'though the chorus isn't bad. Things get back on track with the sample-heavy 'Scent Explosion' and the Goth-tinged 'Bleed my Disease'. They wrap things up with a great updating of Dead or Alive's camp electro classic 'You Spin Me Round', with a little bit of 'Tainted Love' for good measure, and finally 'Right Sir Blight', another tasty slice of industrial dance. I really don't think I could possibly recommend this CD too much, one duff track out of 12, and what crackers the other 11 are. Brilliant. - Girl the Goth |