This is an exciting day for me, as well as many other fans of noise rock, AIDS Wolf has just released their new album "March to the Sea" and I just got ahold of it about an hour ago. I've been awaiting a good noise rock release, as the only exceptional one I can recall recently was Lightning Bolt's latest album "Earthly Delights", which blew my face off.The first thing I noticed was that AIDS Wolf really stepped up the production quality on this album, everything from vocals to the drums, and the distorted, jagged, cacophonic guitars. They kept things aggressive on this album too, something which hooked me into their previous album "Cities of Glass". In terms of structure, there is an underlying one and despite what amateur ears might believe, nothing is played arbitrarily, it's just very, very, very chaotic (in a good way, of course).
The improved clarity of the vocals did make them far more abrasive, which was intended and suits the album. Few people are going to listen to this for it's melodic qualities, as it has none. It's meant to be discomforting, and it really helped AIDS Wolf achieve that.
The only disappointment in this album was it's how few tracks the album featured: 7. Although this is good because the music isn't sticking around longer than it should, and there's nothing thrown ino the album strictly as filler, this seems more qualified to be an EP than an LP. Nevertheless the tracks which were included were still awesome, and the album ended with a 10 minute noise punk extravaganza "Very Friendly".
NOTE: If you aren't into noise music or noise rock you will hate this, so don't bother unless you're willing to try it if you're not familiar with the genre or the band, or if you're already a current fan of noise rock and/or AIDS Wolf.
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