BURIED ALONE - TALES OF CRUSHING DEFEAT

Probably the best KNIFEWORLD album right here, the debut from 2009 although "The Unravelling" which follows this is right there too. Kavus the leader just came out of CARDIACS who had just disbanded and he would later play with GUAPO and GONG just to show how in demand he has been.

He wears his influences on his sleeves as they say with that opener bringing CARDIACS to mind big time. This really is a vocal album, I mean it always seems like we're getting multi-vocals coming at us, but it's also a powerful record. That hazy Psychedelic section on the next track "The Wretched Fathoms" brings Steve Hillage and GONG to mind and there's more of that CARDIACS vibe on the next song "Corpses Feuding Underground" but then I start to hear just this band the rest of the way for the most part. Kind of cool and surprising that Kavus brought in Andy's mellotron, the Andy from that great mellotron site Planet Mellotron. So we get it first on "No More Dying" and then on "Unwreckaged" where keyboards and atmosphere abound until it kicks into gear to this very catchy and heavy sound. Mellotron on my favourite track "The Money Shot" and this mid paced and powerful as vocals join in and the mellotron sounds best here.

Avant Pop, powerful and vocals are the words that come to mind when I think of this album. Far from perfect but every CARDIACS fan should own them some KNIFEWORLD.