a eulogy for the damned 7500
Since Coup de Grace in 2002, Orange Goblin ')/(#'()&(&#+%# a slightly new direction from their old stoner/doom classics, although !'(+*#+%25(%<(,# ')/(#0)*8(0K# remained the same: bikes, beer and babes. Happily, it appears their newest effort ?#150"8K#7"*#!'(#A).%(& keeps these in the forefront of !'(#<*()!+/(#6*"<(,,9 ='(#$*,!#!'+%8#!')!#H#%"!+<(&#)>"5!#!'(#)0>5.#-),#+!,#<0()%(*;# ."*(#*)&+"S7*+(%&0K#6*"&5<!+"%9#D*(/+"5,#)0>5.,#%(/(*#7(0!#!""# 0"S$;#>5!#!'(#&+77(*(%<(#"%#150"8K#+,#5%.+,!)@)>0(;#(,6(<+)00K# -+!'#!'(#-"*@#&"%(#!"#M(%#:)*&I,#8*"-0+%8#/"<)0,9#H!I,#%"!# necessarily a bad change, and I hope it encourages more 6("60(#!"#8+/(#b*)%8(#W">0+%#)#<')%<(9 D*"&5<!+"%#/)05(,#),+&(;#Eulogy is a good combination of the old and new Orange Goblin. The muscled riff-rocking opener eG(&#=+&(#G+,+%8I#*()00K#,'"-<),(,#!'(#."*(#<"%/(%!+"%)0#.(!)0# )%&#')*&h,"5!'(*%#*"<@#+%25(%<(,#"7#!'(+*#%(-(*#-"*@;#-'+0(# .)+%!)+%+%8#!'(#<'588+%8;#)&&+<!+/(#*+7$%8#."*(#*(.+%+,<(%!# of their Big Black days. In fact, the opening of the album is so good, in true Orange Goblin fashion, that it can be hard to continue on to the rest of the album before hitting that repeat button again.
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Unfortunately, the rest of the album also rules. These guys ')/(#*()00K#$85*(&#"5!#'"-#!"# 6)<(#!'(+*#)0>5.,#"/(*#!'(#K()*,;#-+!'#!'(#,0"-#)%&#!'(#7),!# <".+%8#+%#)!#F5,!#!'(#*+8'!#!+.(,9#:)*&I,#/"<)0,#')/(#%(/(*# ,"5%&(&#>(!!(*;#+%#,6+!(#"7#!'(#>('+%&S!'(S,<(%(,#/""&""#"7# the studio, and the sweet, sweet riffs just keep dropping like two-ton bombs in an air raid. Eulogy easily features some of Orange Goblin’s most catchy work to date, and feels like their $*,!#*()0#>+&#7"*#,".(#*)&+"#)+*#!+.(9#='(K#60)K#-')!#!'(K#0+@(#!"# hear, and record what they like to play, which is really all anyone can ask of them. While it may stray close to “douche-rock” territory a few times, ?#150"8K#7"*#!'(#A).%(&#is a boozefueled combination of fuzzed-out, olde-school doom metal and southern-tinged hard rock that is easy to recommend to both b*)%8(#W">0+%#/(!,#)%&#%("6'K!(,#)0+@(9 pat CASSIDY
Daffy’s Elixir
Listening to A)77KI,#10+N+*, one !'+%8#+,#<(*!)+%9#1/(*K#'""@;# 0+%(#)%&#0K*+<#(/+&(%<(,#M*K)%# J<)*KI,#,+8%)!5*(#)&/(%!5*+,.9# The album, two years in the making, combines the experimentation of the Flaming Lips and M(%#V"0&,I#,5%%K#@(K#0+%(,#-+!'#/"<)0,#!')!#-)/(*#>(!-((%#)+*K# )%&#<"..)%&+%89#L5<'#0+@(#B)<@#:'+!(#"%#'+,#P\``#,6)8'(!!+# western-inspired release Rome, Brooklyn talent Bryan Scary tells stories. Scary narrates tales of miners, train stations and moody outlaws. b5!#!'+,#?6*+0;#A)77KI,#10+N+*#7()!5*(,#/"<)0,#*(.+%+,<(%!#"7#='(# Beatles’ casual but bright drawl especially clear on “Wicked Fontier” and “Cable Through Your Heart.” Scary’s howls on EY+(8$(0&#J!)!+"%i#-+00#*(.+%&#0+,!(%(*,#"7#:)**(%#Y(/"%I,# E:(*(-"0/(,#"7#X"%&"%i#*(0(),(&#"77#!'(#)0>5.#Excitable Boy in 1978. A+/(*,(#@(K#0+%(,#,')6(#!'(#)0>5.9#J".(!+.(,#!'(K#2")!#)*"5%&# 0+,!(%(*,#+%#)#25**K#"7#%"!(,#)%&#,<)0(,#cEC)>0(#='*"58'#U"5*# R()*!i9d#?!#"!'(*,;#!'(K#>5+0&#.".(%!5.#!"#.)!<'#!'(#,5>F(<!#"7# !'(#!*)<@#cEY+(8$(0&#J!)!+"%9id
='(#)0>5.I,#.""&#+,#,+.+0)*0K#/)*+(&9#EC)>0(#='*"58'#U"5*# Heart” begins more ominously than the other tracks, while the exuberance of “Ballroom Kid” will transport listeners to the speakeasy clubs of the ’20s. “You Might Be Caught in Tarentella” channels the darker ambience of “Eleanor Rigby” 6)+*(&#-+!'#)#6(66+(*#>()!;#)%#(N60",+/(#&*5.#.)<'+%(#0+%(#)%&# /"<)0#&+,!"*!+"%#)!#+!,#<"%<05,+"%9#='(#+%<"*6"*)!+"%#"7#!'(#/+"0+%# 75*!'(*#(%')%<(,#!'(#+%,!*5.(%!)0#&+/(*,+!K#"7#!'(#)0>5.9 Lyrics off A)77KI,#10+N+*#6*"/"@(#0+,!(%(*,#-+!'#!'(+*#&(6!'#)%&# "&&+!K9#b%#Et5+<@,+0/(*#A)+,K#A)K;i#J<)*K#<*""%,#E='(*(I,#%"# tomorrow on the island of today.” In contrast, quirky lyrics that rhyme ‘tarantella’ with ‘umbrella’ on “You Might Be Caught in Tarantella,” reinforce the album’s humor and eccentricity. J".(#,"%8,#"77#!'(#)0>5.#0()%#'()/+(*#"%#*"<@#,(%!+.(%!)0+!+(,# cE?%"!'(*#?<(#+%#!'(#R"0(i9d#b!'(*,#7()!5*(#(N!(%&(&# +%,!*5.(%!)0#,(<!+"%,#cEA+)."%&,gid9#='"58';#)00#7"*-)*&#)%# energy that’s impossible to deny. emily GENCO
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