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NEUROSIS "An Undying Love for a Burning World”
NEUROSIS "An Undying Love for a Burning World”
By Octopi Mills
Opening with "Torn Wide Open", the album starts with a multi-tracked hollering that actually harmonizes somehow in its roughness. Keeping the old sound intact on this album of something between hardcore and jazz riffs in a modular sort of sense, the use of the electronics in the second song is smooth and creates a mood. The vocals are loud and aggressive as usual but layered and refined. Guitars are somehow done in a very like manner; maintaining the heaviness and power but still being melodic enough due to the chord structures and effects which are sculpted. The use of electronics is done in a way to not make them over encumbering in their music.
The influence of NEUROSIS on music is quite great I feel, and it shows that this is a band of the legendary ilk. Where many bands of like endurance ride still upon their good names and past glories, NEUROSIS still sounds relevant and hungry. The use of melodies and effects in the new album set them apart from just a band intent on bludgeoning and bashing through the old skull door. The bass hits particularly heavy in places and it is no doubt there is a tight rhythm section in the fold or at least on this recording. Clocking in at over an hour, the album is indeed a full length. This in itself I have found to be not as good as I used to have thought as sometimes an album can become swollen or belabored in such a run time, but here this should not be an issue to old fans. That is something I say alot, I know; the old "Old fans should not be disappointed", indeed, and of this I am aware but it is quite true and a valid point. And, no, I am not a regular listener of the band, nor a connoisseur of the group's legacy but I can rightfully respect what the act has done on this album in regards to what music is and how it relates to such a career.
There is honestly an epic reach here for the band on this album and a full length effort that is heartfelt in its honesty. I can say this still being one who is not necessarily suited overall for this certain style of music. This could be their last album, as it could be with anyone in the music business who has been at it for this long. That being said, it would be fitting to go out on a high note on this release if that were so and true and that is quite a noble thing indeed. It is an album I will come back to again one day to hear again.
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