Leo akapedza makore gumi apfuura achinakisa yake yega concoction yeneo-mod indie-punk asina kumbodzokera kumashure pane inofanotaurwa formula. Izvi ndizvo zvakaita kuti ave neruremekedzo rusingaverengeki pakati pevanozunza chiuno chemitsetse yese. Uye nepo mamwe maartist mazhinji anoshinga kuita zvematongerwo enyika anonamira kutarisana nekuchema kwe "kuparidza," hungwaru hwaLeo uye hunhu hwake zvakachengeta kupomera kwakadaro zvakanaka.
The Brutalist Bricks inoona hapana chimwe chezvinhu izvi chiri kupera munguva pfupi. Kunyangwe ingave isiri iyo yakasimba Pharmacists album kusvika parizvino, zvakadaro inoramba iri dombo-yakasimba kuedza. Leo ari kutamba nediki palette pano, asi mushure mekufara kwenzvimbo Kugara Nevapenyu, kunenge kuri kutevera kuchaita sekwakadziviswa.
Chokwadi chimiro, Bricks ialbum rine masimbiro akaitwa zvine hunyoro. Iyo Jam-style crunch inoiswa pane gobvu mukati menziyo zhinji pasina kumbodzikisira kukosha kwehoku huru yepop. Inzwi raLeo rinobhururuka zvisingaite pakati pehuchapupu hwekuchema uye kusava nemhosva kwengirozi. Uye maPharmacist-gitare James Canty, Drummer Chris Wilson uye bassist Marty Key-bata zvinhu pasi nemusanganiswa unogona kutsanangurwa senyonganiso inodzorwa.
Rudzi urwu rwemanzwiro uye mimhanzi renji inobata izvo zvisingaite nhamba diki yevaAmerican vanofanirwa kunge vari kunzwa izvozvi. Kufanana nevanhu vazhinji, Leo aifarira nezve tarisiro yehutongi hutsva, asi kusiyana nemamwe maartist mazhinji akakanda ngowani yaObama mhete, haana kuona sarudzo semutambo wekupedzisira. Mashoko akanyorwa pawebhusaiti yake zuva rakatevera sarudzo akanzi "Kufemera pamusoroโฆ Inzwa zvakanakaโฆ Ziva uye tenda kukoshaโฆ Uye ngatitangei kushanda!"
Mune mamwe mazwi, Leo anowana iyo wonky musanganiswa wehasha, kushushikana uye tariro inofamba nemunguva yeKuderera kukuru. Mu "Wakamuka Pedyo neChelsea," anotiyeuchidza kakawanda kuti "takazvarwa tisina tariro," asi zvakare kuti "tinoshuva izvo zvakanaka." Iyo yakamira, piyano-inflected rabble rouser iri The Brutalist Bricks muchidimbu:
"Kutonhora mumapfupa, kuora mumazino
Ndega mumba, kunze mumugwagwa
Zvose zvawakura, zvakavhungwa nesora
Asi mukuru pane dombo, ndiwe neni"
Leo zvakajeka haana nguva yekutsoropodza-zvechokwadi, anotaura zvakananga pa "Ativan Eyes," zviri nyore rwiyo rweAlbum runotapukira. Kutenda kwake kunozorodza kusingaperi muvanhu kunofananidzwa nekuramba kwake kuvapenda nebhurasho riri nyore. Izvi hazvina mubvunzo kuti sei akanzvenga maziso asingadzivisike anonangidzirwa kune "vezvematongerwo enyika" maartist. Kwaari, zvomunhu nezvematongerwe enyika zvinosungirwa kudeura ropa kune mumwe.
Izvi zvagara zviri zvechokwadi nezvebasa raLeo, asi nepo maalbum apfuura Zunza MaSheets uye mwoyo yemuoki aivimba zvakanyanya padimikira, nguva dzekutaura dzezvidhinha dzinoita sedzinoenda kune jugular zvakanyanya kupfuura zvatingave takajaira.
Mitsetse yeAcerbic senge "mireniyamu itsva yakaoma, kune vamwe kupfuura vamwe (zvisinganzwisisike)" inoshanda mune imwe-on-one marongero pamwe chete kana yakaunzwa pamusangano pamberi peBank of America. Uyezve, ivo vakapetwa muzvidzidzo zvinogona kurasika nyore sevanofamba netsoka: rudo, kusurukirwa, kurwadziwa pamoyo.
Vamwe havanyatso kugadzikana nerudzi urwu rwematch-up. Pitchfork's Paul Thompson anodana "sandwich-board fodder."
"Iyo imwe nzira inoyevedza 'Ativan Eyes' inotanga nemusoro wakangwara-kuMarx" anodaro Thompson. "'Indasitiri haichabatiki / Nzira dzekugadzira dzave mumaoko evashandi' haisi mutsara uri murwiyo wepop, kunyanya uyo unoteterera mumwe munhu kuti aise maoko ake pana Leo zvishoma zvishoma. gare gare."
stereotype yake yepo-faced Marxist parutivi, kutsoropodza kwaThompson kunopotsa pfungwa yese! Kana mimhanzi yepop ichizotorazve jasi rayo se "yakakurumbira" muzuva ranhasi nezera, saka maartist anofanirwa kusatya kupinza kadiki diki munziyo dzavo sezvavanopinda mumanzwiro anozivikanwa - kunyangwe majekiseni akadaro angauya. kure sendimi-mu-dama.
Kupesana nezvingasimbiswe nevamwe vasina-vanoti, kusimba kwemhando idzi dzenguva ndiko kunoita kuti vashande. Nziyo shoma dziripo Bricks inogona kunzi "nziyo dzezvematongerwo enyika", asi pfungwa inogara iripo yekupandukira inoita kuti nguva dzakapusa dzinyanye kurova.
"Kuchema muAmerica" โโinopa muteereri kunzwa kwekukandwa mumusanganisi wesimende nebhokisi rezvipikiri zvine ngura. Pfungwa yekusashivirira kwehasha hairambike pano-kubva kubhesi-kunze uye zvigubhu zvenhanho-nhanho kuenda kumhepo-yegitare basa-sezvo Leo anoburitsa humbowo hwekupomerwa kweAmerican conservatism:
โMunodaidza zvipoko takaedza kuviga mumachira machena
Nemuchinjikwa unopisa uye neropa crescent muWhite House
Unouya pane chimwe chinhu sezviso zvandinorangarira
1980 Mississippi inosimuka kubva mumadota uye marara
"Never now can I imagine ndakuregerera
Handichambofungi kuti ndogara sei newe
Imwe yambiro kubva mudziva revanhu vachibuda ropa
Kuchave nekuchema muAmerica kana ukaramba wakadaro"
Chero ani anorwara naGlenn Beck uye shamwari dzake dzeTeabagging achawana catharsis inodiwa murwiyo urwu.
Zvakatorwa zvachose, The Brutalist Bricks kuenderera mberi kunoshanda kweizvo Leo neve Pharmacists vaunza kune indie chiitiko. Kutumira kwake kudzoka muna '04 kwaive "kune zvakawanda zvekufamba kuita," uye kunyangwe ichi chiri chokwadi, Leo haana kurega kutiyeuchidza kuti kune zvakare zvakawanda zvinoita kuti kufamba kuve kwakakodzera. Iyi albhamu inokusiya iwe uchinzwa zvinhu zvakawanda, asi hollow zvirokwazvo haisi imwe yacho.
Alexander Billet, mutori wenhau wemimhanzi uye muratidziri anogara muChicago, anomhanyisa webhusaiti Rebel Frequencies (http://rebelfrequencies.blogspot.com), uye munyori wechikamu cheSosaiti yeCinema uye Arts. Zvinyorwa zvake zvakabudawo muZ Magazine, SocialistWorker.org, New Politics, PopMatters.com, International Socialist Review, CounterPunch uye SleptOn.com.
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