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BORIS
"New Album" (Tearbridge; 2011)
Reviewed by Jeff Rogers
What can I say about Boris? Well, they are a Japanese
experimental band. They combine elements of J-Pop (Japanese pop music) with
industrial music. It might not be everybody's favorite flavor but I guarantee a
listen through this disc and you'll find something to like. The really cool
thing about this disc is that it's only one of three the band released
throughout 2011. The first is "New Album," then came "Heavy Rocks" and finally
"Attention Please." I would review each one of those discs, but it would just be
the same review three times in a row.
You might read about their style as "heavy music" -- now, I know that J-Pop
could never be defined as heavy music because the eastern and western styles
don't pull from the same dictionary. Although Boris has been, for the past two
decades, on the forefront of combining dance music with heavy guitar, they also
use elements of industrial music to keep their songs full of structure. Some
songs are sung in English and others are in Japanese. When the J-Pop sound is
prevalent there is more ambient music. You can tell one track from the next and
when a gritty riffs starts. It's worth the listen.
Boris is: Takeshi, Wata and Atsuo.
For more information check out
http://homepage1.nifty.com/boris/.
Rating Guide:
A classic. This record will kick your ass.
Killer. Not a classic but it will rock your world.
So-so. You've heard better.
Pretty bad. Might make a nice coaster.
Self explanatory. Just the sight of the cover makes you wanna hurl.
Copyright © 2012 by R. Scott Bolton. All
rights reserved.
Revised:
15 Apr 2024 14:51:33 -0400
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