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MP3 Severe Severe - Beyond The Pink
11 MP3 Songs
ROCK: Experimental Rock, ROCK: Post-Rock/Experimental
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Severe Severe employs rhythms that sometimes require acclimation by the listener, but they reward the effort with a surprising consistency and quality over the length of a song that has matured into a particularly good live set. Among the songs to be featured on their new album, "Awakening Fire" displays some of the characteristic traits of their sound - tight, driving drumming, relentless movement in the guitar and bass punctuated by short bursts of emotional/electrical release, and the kind of economy of sound and wiry presentation that has its roots in the better post-punk bands of the early 80s.
It''s no secret - this is a band that takes its inspiration from the 1980s work of bands like The Cure, Joy Division, Savage Republic, Wire, or even Mission of Burma. While a proliferation of bands in the early part of the new century repackage the seminal work produced by these artists, it is often canned, lukewarm and artificially flavored - like a room temperature Diet Shasta... sometimes worse (The Killers). The cynics among us (myself included) have reason to view with incredulity a punk rehash that appears to take itself more seriously than the genuine article ever did. However, the same criticism can be leveled at any rock band anymore in any microgenre, so compartmentalized is the music industry and jaded its supposed savants these days.
The important question is this: is it compelling? Is there substance, or am I being sold a bill of goods? I think the answer with Severe Severe is obvious. They aren''t engaging in self-promotion ad nauseum at the expense of quality. Nico, Mike, and Kurt happen to think that their music, their commitment to playing it with a purpose, and their desire to make the best songs they can should be enough to get the attention of their audience. So it is a throwback that they represent, yeah - but it''s a throwback not only in style, but in an entire no-frills, gimmick-free approach to writing and playing that becomes apparent when you hear them live.
By Aaron Rude
People who are interested in The Cure Wire Joy Division should consider this download.
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