Comments on: Ashes, Ashes http://www.griph.net/2010/02/ashes-ashes/ Voyages of a Culture Cosmonaut Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:53:34 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Griph http://www.griph.net/2010/02/ashes-ashes/comment-page-1/#comment-6861 Griph Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:32:11 +0000 http://www.griph.net/?p=5561#comment-6861 Well, as a member of the fraternity of head-bobbing white people (we meet on Thursdays at the mall to practice,) I don't think the beats were crunk-quality, but they still had an infectious quality that variations on beats which came with the synthesizer tend to. I will agree on the fact that the vocal <i>mixing</i> was way off, though. As far as their aesthetic goes, I think music-imagery is long past the point where a band can just display that stuff as its own without at least a bit of a sense of humor behind it. They're overtly using pagan both cult imagery and southern hip-hop production techniques, so this isn't Mayhem we're talking about. Have you listened to their recorded stuff? It wasn't until I did that the quality points of the show really started shining through for me. Also: you're the first person to post a well-reasoned/written comment of disagreement w/r/t a music review. That is awesome. Well, as a member of the fraternity of head-bobbing white people (we meet on Thursdays at the mall to practice,) I don’t think the beats were crunk-quality, but they still had an infectious quality that variations on beats which came with the synthesizer tend to. I will agree on the fact that the vocal mixing was way off, though. As far as their aesthetic goes, I think music-imagery is long past the point where a band can just display that stuff as its own without at least a bit of a sense of humor behind it. They’re overtly using pagan both cult imagery and southern hip-hop production techniques, so this isn’t Mayhem we’re talking about. Have you listened to their recorded stuff? It wasn’t until I did that the quality points of the show really started shining through for me.

Also: you’re the first person to post a well-reasoned/written comment of disagreement w/r/t a music review. That is awesome.

]]> By: CA http://www.griph.net/2010/02/ashes-ashes/comment-page-1/#comment-6851 CA Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:10:59 +0000 http://www.griph.net/?p=5561#comment-6851 Opinions are funny things. I found the drum programming repellent and the vocals nothing short of pathetic. The gun cocking was just embarrassing. For a group that appropriates runes, pentagrams and other visual cues in their overall aesthetic, it was an odd sight to see white people bobbing their heads to this music like they were at a Lil Jon show. That said, if they ditched the drums and worked on the vocals, it may make for an interesting second coming. Interesting blog by the way. Opinions are funny things. I found the drum programming repellent and the vocals nothing short of pathetic. The gun cocking was just embarrassing. For a group that appropriates runes, pentagrams and other visual cues in their overall aesthetic, it was an odd sight to see white people bobbing their heads to this music like they were at a Lil Jon show. That said, if they ditched the drums and worked on the vocals, it may make for an interesting second coming. Interesting blog by the way.

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