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90
It doesn’t take much to decipher the themes Bristol’s Spectres are exploring on their debut album. The 10 songs on ‘Dying’ are as troubling as the disfigured face that adorns its sleeve.
11y
85
It's a noisy little beast that will leave you feeling somewhat battered, disorientated, but actually, the stink of the corpse of rock has never sounded so good.
11y
80
Regardless of their propensity to go "one louder" at every available opportunity, Spectres also possess an arsenal of actual songs at their disposal.
11y
80
Veering from post-rock infused soundscapes to twisted chunks of noise-pop and back again without a single, fleeting glance over their shoulder, the four-piece from Bristol know exactly what they want.
11y
75
Although there are many revivalist bands being tagged as shoegaze and psych-rock, none of them are using their music as an aural assault weapon in the way Spectres are.
11y
70
Spectres are driven and alert, forcing the noise forward like a drill, attacking the senses with unrelenting abandon.
11y
70
For the most part, this is impressively doomy, monochrome stuff, equally helped and held back by the abundance of familiar flavours in unfamiliar settings.
11y
If the title and cover don’t quite get the message across, let me be clear: This album wants nothing more than to unsettle you in your easy chair. The opening track “Drag” features a minute of disparate noise not unlike something you’d hear coming from a slaughter house run by Mike Patton. Then, the gloves come off. “Where Flies Sleep”, the album’s single, is a shambling corpse at break neck speed granting no escape. Howling feedback and a driving thrum ... read more
Go see them on stage ! they are fucking great (@letempsmachine - France -Joué Les Tours - 37300)
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Track List
| 1 | Drag 1:27 with SPECTRES | |
| 2 | Where Flies Sleep 3:27 with SPECTRES | |
| 3 | The Sky of All Places 5:00 with SPECTRES | |
| 4 | Family 3:55 with SPECTRES | |
| 5 | This Purgatory 7:31 with SPECTRES | |
| 6 | Mirror 3:41 with SPECTRES | |
| 7 | Blood in the Cups 7:54 with SPECTRES | |
| 8 | Sink 5:09 with SPECTRES | |
| 9 | Lump 4:28 with SPECTRES | |
| 10 | Sea of Trees 9:03 with SPECTRES |
Total Length: 51 minutes
