ikd-sj - Yvideo (Review)

Guys, today I took up the description of a very difficult release, so if something goes wrong, please, don't throw the tomatoes. "Difficult" this release can be called because of the complete absence of any borders, templates, ect.

My Rating: No Rating

Yes, that's right, I can not fully appreciate this release. Here methods of solving artistic tasks are so specific that it's very difficult to describe. I am currently writing this review and I don't know what to write - this album is so complex impression. Nevertheless, I have something to say. First thing to note is that the album contains 19 tracks. Yes, this is not a record, I can remember a lot of grindcore bands, where the number of songs starts from 20 pieces. Nevertheless, two hours of pressing sound leaves a big mark in your brains.

Overall constructions is very difficult to describe, but overall it looks psychedelic and experimental. Composer in this band is a very cool dude, since he decided on that. Sound does not change much during the album. There is nothing supernatural here, just great ideas, to which the composer has given a rather complex form. But still it should be noted that each next song is not like the previous one. Predominance of elements of grunge, shoegaze, post-rock and nu-metal is noticeable here, but this is a very rough description. Here you can hear almost typical sound for grunge, but with some interesting shades (2, 16 track), a clean with distortion inserts (3, 7, 17 track), typical nu-metal with atypical inserts (5, 6, 15 tracks). This is also a very rough description. However, all other tracks are even more difficult to describe with the help of available words.

Vocal parts are very diverse and unpredictable. There is no incomprehensible mooing into microphone. Here monotonous narrative can easily turn into a screaming (and back), and insertion of some incomprehensible voices transform a technically mediocre composition into a genius one. It's noticeable that here vocalist's skill level is not the main thing - a lot has already been done by composer and sound designer.

Now I have to say something about instrumental parts. Here is an interesting point. Perhaps this is the first release in my memory, where a detailed description of instrumental parts does not make sense. It's noticeable here that a lot of instrumentalists work is aimed at creating an atmosphere, rather than showing the features of instrumentation. However, this kind of music is exactly what you expect.

I hope I wrote everything correctly. Although the words poorly describe what it really can surprise this album. This band is recommended to listen to anyone who is tired of the template mallcore. And this album is no exception. Yes, it's very difficult to understand. But you just need to start - and these two hours will change your life.