BOHREN & DER CLUB OF GORE

The result was a pretty unique jazz-fusion album with lots of improvisation and open spaces for ideas. Whether it was the need of each of the musicians to finally be able to take the spotlight, or simply the necessity to change and spice things up a little. Whatever reason it is, it turned out to be an excellent record. This album is much more accessible due to the variety of songs in both size and purpose. Some being short and progressive, and some being vast and spacey.

This album is truly excellent and for sure one that most Post-Rock fans could enjoy and love. Highly recommended!

Obsessed with the 'Twin Peaks' TV series and cult films such as 'Blue Velvet' and 'Eraserhead,' BORHEN & DER CLUB OF GORE focused on created eerie, spooky soundtracks that evoked an atmospheric and even Gothic vibe that hybridized slow loungy jazz, 50s rock and roll and dark creepy ambient music. The band found a successful formula with slow plodding tempos, minor key chord progressions and dissonant bass and drum effects along with lots of delays, reverbs and electric piano. The album is a bit long but admittedly is effective in its otherworldly effects.

The sounds of this dark and ambient album make me think of a soundtrack for the very, very deep ocean where no light shines and if you happened to go there in one of those specialized submarines all you would see is extremely specialized creatures like humpback anglerfish, lantern sharks, giant tube worms, fangtooth fishes or deep sea squids which lurk around in the abyss and where the water pressure is so high our puny little human forms would be crushed.

This soundtrack contains strange, eerie and spooky minimalist ambience with saxophone solos that creep up out of the shadows to shed a little light on the darkened sonicscape. The spirits aren't restless but they are on vicodin and slowly ooze out of the ethers to take your mind to a new realm where everything is slowed down and marches on in a rhythmic echoed path. Once you feel like you want to doze off choirs of haunting synths develop or a sax solo erupts from the nether world. If you're looking for something dynamic this is not the deep sea dive for you. This music is slow and pulsates like those glow-in-the-dark jellyfish that lurk in the darkness and sting you with their venomous sonic tentacles. Creepy but recommended.