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Park Attack, "Half Past Human"
Armed with dissonant guitars and disheveled rhythms, Glasgow’s Park Attack stagger from the murk to spread discord at every opportunity on this incendiary album.
Contributing to the din are penetrating keyboards and vocals that are alternately yelped, barked, and screeched. At times, the group shows a blatant disregard for tunefulness, and it’s a trait that suits them. Similarly, the production gets a little muddy in places but it’s wholly appropriate for the group’s rusty blade aesthetic.
From the beginning of “They, ‘Which Is Worst?’,” the band seems to be playing different songs, but when the raspy vocals enter, the sloppiness is revealed to be a mere façade. This chaotic force continues with the loping rhythm of “The Slow Clap,” around which the other instruments congeal. The keyboards are a critical element of “The Racket,” punctuating the din to clear some of the smoke. “Bleed at Both Ends” is an instrumental that takes a slow and methodical approach that builds to a cathartic release. The group gets a little more menacing on “Beak As Tool” with its dire bassline, panic button synth, and various noises prowling the background. The keyboard and effects lord over “The Forgetter,” another instrumental, and paves the way for the raucous finale, “Boo Hoo!”
This album is enjoyable from the beginning and only gets better with every song, luring me further into is anarchic labyrinth until is shoots me out the exit, careening and dizzy in the daylight and yearning to be lost again within its depths.
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