Featuring former members of Burn it Down, Usurp
Synapse, Ice 9, and
Rapider than Horsepower as well as current members
of Rep Seki, and
Majas, Fax Arcana abandon the expected throat
shredding vocals for a
more melodic approach. The result is razor sharp
guitar work,
machine-like rhythms and vocals that lean more
toward soulful than
screaming. Yes, there is singing here. But don’t
let this lead you to
believe this record should be filed next to The
Promise Ring. Fax
Arcana’s sound is urgent, angular, churning, and
much too dark for the
too easily tear-jerked crowd that spends rainy
Sundays sipping tea and
playing with their cats. Think Bobby Knight
throwing a chair, without
the verbal abuse. For fans of VSS, Clikitat
Ikatowi, Nation of Ulysses
and Unwound.
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